diff --git a/src/adr-list b/src/adr-list
index 9bbefaa..6859de6 100755
--- a/src/adr-list
+++ b/src/adr-list
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ adr_dir="$("$adr_bin_dir/_adr_dir")"
 
 if [ -d "$adr_dir" ]
 then
-   find "$adr_dir" | grep -E "^$adr_dir/[0-9]+-[^/]*\\.md" | sort
+   find "$adr_dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f | grep -E "^.{${#adr_dir}}/[0-9]*[1-9][0-9]*-[^/]*\\.md$" | sort
 else
     echo "The $adr_dir directory does not exist"
     exit 1
 fi
-