diff --git a/dhall/Types.dhall b/dhall/Types.dhall
index 1624f93..cd4bd15 100644
--- a/dhall/Types.dhall
+++ b/dhall/Types.dhall
@@ -101,10 +101,7 @@ let MatchYMD = < Y : Natural | YM : GregorianM | YMD : Gregorian >
 
 let MatchDate = < On : MatchYMD | In : { _1 : MatchYMD, _2 : Natural } >
 
-let MatchDesc = < Re : Text | Exact : Text >
-
-let MatchOther =
-      < Desc : Field Text MatchDesc | Val : Field Text MatchVal.Type >
+let MatchOther = < Desc : Field Text Text | Val : Field Text MatchVal.Type >
 
 let SplitNum = < LookupN : Text | ConstN : Decimal | AmountN >
 
@@ -141,7 +138,7 @@ let Match =
       { Type =
           { mDate : Optional MatchDate
           , mVal : MatchVal.Type
-          , mDesc : Optional MatchDesc
+          , mDesc : Optional Text
           , mOther : List MatchOther
           , mTx : Optional ToTx
           , mTimes : Optional Natural
@@ -150,7 +147,7 @@ let Match =
       , default =
         { mDate = None MatchDate
         , mVal = MatchVal::{=}
-        , mDesc = None MatchDesc
+        , mDesc = None Text
         , mOther = [] : List MatchOther
         , mTx = None ToTx
         , mTimes = None Natural
@@ -235,7 +232,6 @@ in  { CurID
     , MatchVal
     , MatchYMD
     , MatchDate
-    , MatchDesc
     , MatchOther
     , SplitNum
     , Field
diff --git a/lib/Internal/Types.hs b/lib/Internal/Types.hs
index 98a9cba..ee091c0 100644
--- a/lib/Internal/Types.hs
+++ b/lib/Internal/Types.hs
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ makeHaskellTypesWith (defaultGenerateOptions { generateToDhallInstance = False }
   , MultipleConstructors "DatePat" "(./dhall/Types.dhall).DatePat"
   , MultipleConstructors "MatchYMD" "(./dhall/Types.dhall).MatchYMD"
   , MultipleConstructors "MatchDate" "(./dhall/Types.dhall).MatchDate"
-  , MultipleConstructors "MatchDesc" "(./dhall/Types.dhall).MatchDesc"
   , MultipleConstructors "SplitNum" "(./dhall/Types.dhall).SplitNum"
   , MultipleConstructors "Bucket" "(./dhall/Types.dhall).Bucket"
 
@@ -340,11 +339,7 @@ data Field k v = Field
 
 type FieldMap k v = Field k (M.Map k v)
 
-deriving instance Eq MatchDesc
-deriving instance Show MatchDesc
-deriving instance Hashable MatchDesc
-
-data MatchOther = Desc (Field T.Text MatchDesc)
+data MatchOther = Desc (Field T.Text T.Text)
   | Val (Field T.Text MatchVal)
   deriving (Show, Eq, Hashable, Generic, FromDhall)
 
@@ -358,7 +353,7 @@ data ToTx = ToTx
 data Match = Match
   { mDate     :: Maybe MatchDate
   , mVal      :: MatchVal
-  , mDesc     :: Maybe MatchDesc
+  , mDesc     :: Maybe Text
   , mOther    :: ![MatchOther]
   , mTx       :: Maybe ToTx
   , mTimes    :: Maybe Natural
diff --git a/lib/Internal/Utils.hs b/lib/Internal/Utils.hs
index d53a9e4..82fcc9f 100644
--- a/lib/Internal/Utils.hs
+++ b/lib/Internal/Utils.hs
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ import           Internal.Types
 import           Text.Read
 import           Text.Regex.TDFA
 
-descMatches :: MatchDesc -> T.Text -> Bool
-descMatches (Re re)   = (=~ re)
-descMatches (Exact t) = (== t)
-
 -- when bifunctor fails...
 thrice :: (a -> d) -> (b -> e) -> (c -> f) -> (a, b, c) -> (d, e, f)
 thrice f1 f2 f3 (x, y, z) = (f1 x, f2 y, f3 z)
@@ -123,7 +119,7 @@ matches Match {..} r@TxRecord {..}
   where
     allPass = checkMaybe (`dateMatches` trDate) mDate
       && valMatches mVal trAmount
-      && checkMaybe (`descMatches` trDesc) mDesc
+      && checkMaybe (=~ trDesc) mDesc
       && all (fieldMatches trOther) mOther
     eval (ToTx cur a ss) = toTx cur a ss r
 
@@ -134,7 +130,7 @@ fieldMatches dict m = case m of
     (Just v) -> valMatches mv v
     _        -> error "you dummy"
   Desc (Field n md) -> case M.lookup n dict of
-    (Just d) -> descMatches md d
+    (Just d) -> d =~ md
     _        -> error "you dummy"
 
 checkMaybe :: (a -> Bool) -> Maybe a -> Bool