diff --git a/configs/tagger/apps/caracal.txt b/configs/tagger/apps/caracal.txt
index ed615121..5c5311f7 100644
--- a/configs/tagger/apps/caracal.txt
+++ b/configs/tagger/apps/caracal.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ calc_rate
 qmdffgen
 dynamic
 evbopt
-explore
 black_box
 poly_qmdff
diff --git a/configs/tagger/apps/lammps.txt b/configs/tagger/apps/lammps.txt
index d254f82f..38d3aa5d 100644
--- a/configs/tagger/apps/lammps.txt
+++ b/configs/tagger/apps/lammps.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-lmp
+\blmp\s+
diff --git a/internal/tagger/detectApp.go b/internal/tagger/detectApp.go
index f86dcb6c..54626eff 100644
--- a/internal/tagger/detectApp.go
+++ b/internal/tagger/detectApp.go
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ func (t *AppTagger) scanApp(f *os.File, fns string) {
 		if line == "" {
 			continue
 		}
-		re, err := regexp.Compile(line)
+		// Wrap pattern to skip comment lines: match only if not preceded by # on the same line
+		wrapped := `(?m)^[^#]*` + line
+		re, err := regexp.Compile(wrapped)
 		if err != nil {
-			cclog.Errorf("invalid regex pattern '%s' in %s: %v", line, fns, err)
+			cclog.Errorf("invalid regex pattern '%s' (wrapped: '%s') in %s: %v", line, wrapped, fns, err)
 			continue
 		}
 		ai.patterns = append(ai.patterns, re)