diff --git a/timeoutd.c b/timeoutd.c
index 10603a3..6927908 100644
--- a/timeoutd.c
+++ b/timeoutd.c
@@ -1003,9 +1003,8 @@ void check_idle()
     if (!config[0])
         return;                 /* no entries in config */
     while (config[++aktconfigline] && aktconfigline >= 0)
-        if (strcmp(config[aktconfigline]->users, user) == 0
-            || config[aktconfigline]->users[0] == '*') {
-            aktconfigline = -2; /* we found user or * in config, so he/they has/have restrictions */
+        if (chkmatch(user, config[aktconfigline]->users)) {
+            aktconfigline = -2; /* we found user in config, so he/they has/have restrictions */
             break;
         }