diff --git a/guest_os.go b/guest_os.go
index 2b4c78e..371f619 100644
--- a/guest_os.go
+++ b/guest_os.go
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func factoryReset() {
 			`^/var/tmp/*`,
 			`^/var/log/apt/*`,
 			`^/var/log/alternative.log`,
-			`^/var/log/journal/[^remote$].*`,
+			`^/var/log/journal/^(?!remote).*`,
 		}, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 			if err := os.RemoveAll(path); err != nil {
 				log.Println("clean:", err.Error())