diff --git a/src/api/app/controllers/webui/repositories_controller.rb b/src/api/app/controllers/webui/repositories_controller.rb
index 137052b967bf..3f56d67e48fd 100644
--- a/src/api/app/controllers/webui/repositories_controller.rb
+++ b/src/api/app/controllers/webui/repositories_controller.rb
@@ -197,9 +197,9 @@ def follow_change_flag_command(flag_type)
     case params[:command]
     when 'remove'
       @main_object.flags.of_type(flag_type).where(repo: params[:repository], architecture: architecture).delete_all
-    when %r{^set-(?<status>disable|enable)$}
+    when /^set-(?<status>disable|enable)$/
       flag = @main_object.flags.find_or_create_by(flag: flag_type, repo: params[:repository], architecture: architecture)
-      flag.update(status: status)
+      flag.update(status: $LAST_MATCH_INFO['status'])
     end
     @main_object.store
   end