diff --git a/src/utils/predicateBuilder/stringSplitter.ts b/src/utils/predicateBuilder/stringSplitter.ts
index 5e792237..56c84af5 100644
--- a/src/utils/predicateBuilder/stringSplitter.ts
+++ b/src/utils/predicateBuilder/stringSplitter.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import splitter = require('split-string');
 
-const regexMatcher = /^\/(.+)\/([igmsuy]*)$/i;
+const regexMatcher = /^\/(.+)\/(i)?$/i;
 
 const regexParser = (input: string): string | RegExp => {
   const match = regexMatcher.exec(input);
@@ -10,13 +10,21 @@ const regexParser = (input: string): string | RegExp => {
   return new RegExp(match[1], match[2]);
 };
 
-const quotes = [`/`];
+const quotes = [`"`, `'`, `\``];
+const splitterDefaults = {
+  quotes,
+  brackets: {
+    ' /': `/`,
+    ',/': `/`,
+    '/': `/`,
+  },
+};
 
 const spaceSplitter = (str: string): string[] => {
   // @ts-ignore
   return splitter(str, {
     separator: ` `,
-    quotes,
+    ...splitterDefaults,
   });
 };
 
@@ -24,15 +32,28 @@ const commaSplitter = (str: string): string[] => {
   // @ts-ignore
   return splitter(str, {
     separator: `,`,
-    quotes,
+    ...splitterDefaults,
   });
 };
 
-const trimmer = (str: string): string => str.trim();
+const quouteStip = () => {
+  let stripped = false;
+  return (str: string, quote: string): string => {
+    if (!stripped && str.startsWith(quote) && str.endsWith(quote)) {
+      stripped = true;
+      return str.substr(1, str.length - 2);
+    }
+    return str;
+  };
+};
+
+const trimmer = (str: string): string => {
+  return quotes.reduce(quouteStip(), str);
+};
 
 export const split = (str: string | undefined): (string | RegExp)[] => {
   if (!str) {
     return [];
   }
-  return commaSplitter(str).flatMap(spaceSplitter).map(trimmer).filter(Boolean).map(regexParser);
+  return commaSplitter(` ${str}`).flatMap(spaceSplitter).map(trimmer).filter(Boolean).map(regexParser);
 };
diff --git a/test/src/utils/predicateBuilder/stringSplitter.spec.ts b/test/src/utils/predicateBuilder/stringSplitter.spec.ts
index f2051f88..212faf94 100644
--- a/test/src/utils/predicateBuilder/stringSplitter.spec.ts
+++ b/test/src/utils/predicateBuilder/stringSplitter.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe(`string splitter`, () => {
   });
 
   it(`should split by space`, () => {
-    expect(split(`a b  c   d`)).toEqual([`a`, `b`, `c`, `d`]);
+    expect(split(`a "b "  c   d 'f g'  \`',f\``)).toEqual([`a`, `b `, `c`, `d`, `f g`, `',f`]);
   });
 
   it(`should split by comma`, () => {
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ describe(`string splitter`, () => {
     expect(split(`a/sdf/f`)).toEqual([`a/sdf/f`]);
   });
 
+  it(`should parse regex with / in it`, () => {
+    expect(split(`/sd\\/f/`)).toEqual([/sd\/f/]);
+  });
+
   it(`should not confuse regex with wrong flags`, () => {
     expect(split(`/s/pm`)).toEqual([`/s/pm`]);
   });
@@ -45,7 +49,4 @@ describe(`string splitter`, () => {
     expect(split(`/a/i`)).toEqual([/a/i]);
   });
 
-  it(`should handle based on regex global flag`, () => {
-    expect(split(`/a/g`)).toEqual([/a/g]);
-  });
 });