diff --git a/vcs/jj/config/sh/alias.d/jj.sh b/vcs/jj/config/sh/alias.d/jj.sh
index 02e37d3..070edce 100644
--- a/vcs/jj/config/sh/alias.d/jj.sh
+++ b/vcs/jj/config/sh/alias.d/jj.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jlof() {
 jloof() {
     jj log --patch -r "description(substring-i:\"$*\")"
 }
-alias jlfw='jj log -r "description(substring-i:\"WIP:\")"'
+alias jlfw='jj log -r "description(regex:\"^WIP:\")"'
 
 # show branches (i.e. head commits) w a couple previous commits
 alias jh="jj log -r 'ancestors(heads(all()), 3)'"