diff --git a/utils/index_group_parser.go b/utils/index_group_parser.go
index 76a407646..714062334 100644
--- a/utils/index_group_parser.go
+++ b/utils/index_group_parser.go
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ type IndexGroups map[string]string
 // for grouping accented characters (such as A, \u00C0 and \u00C1)
 //
 // Files and folders that are not covered by an index entry will be placed under the index entry "#".
+
+var indexGroupsRx = regexp.MustCompile(`(.+)\((.+)\)`)
+
 func ParseIndexGroups(spec string) IndexGroups {
 	parsed := make(IndexGroups)
 	split := strings.Split(spec, " ")
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(`(.+)\((.+)\)`)
 	for _, g := range split {
-		sub := re.FindStringSubmatch(g)
+		sub := indexGroupsRx.FindStringSubmatch(g)
 		if len(sub) > 0 {
 			i := 0
 			chars := strings.Split(sub[2], "")