diff --git a/vim/after/syntax/vue.vim b/vim/after/syntax/vue.vim
index ba6b82e..3091f7f 100644
--- a/vim/after/syntax/vue.vim
+++ b/vim/after/syntax/vue.vim
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 syn keyword vueComponentTag     contained template containedin=htmlSpecialTagName
 
-syn match   vueDirective "\(^\|\s\)[v:][-:.0-9_a-z]*" containedin=htmlTag,htmlTagN nextgroup=vueDirectiveValue
-syn match   vueEvent "\(^\|\s\)[@][-:.0-9_a-z]*" containedin=htmlTag,htmlTagN nextgroup=vueEventValue
+syn match   vueDirective "\(^\|\s\)\zs[v:][-:.0-9_a-z]*" containedin=htmlTag,htmlTagN nextgroup=vueDirectiveValue
+syn match   vueEvent "\(^\|\s\)\zs[@][-:.0-9_a-z]*" containedin=htmlTag,htmlTagN nextgroup=vueEventValue
 syn match   vueConditional "\<v-else" containedin=htmlTag,htmlTagN
-syn match   vueConditional "\<v-if\|v-show" containedin=htmlTag,htmlTagN nextgroup=vueConditionalValue
+syn match   vueConditional "\<v-if\|\<v-show" containedin=htmlTag,htmlTagN nextgroup=vueConditionalValue
 syn match   vueFor "\<v-for" containedin=htmlTag,htmlTagN nextgroup=vueForValue
-syn match   vueRef "\(^\|\s\):\?ref" containedin=htmlTag,htmlTagN nextgroup=vueRefValue
+syn match   vueRef "\(^\|\s\)\zs:\?ref" containedin=htmlTag,htmlTagN nextgroup=vueRefValue
 
 syn region vueDirectiveValue contained start=+="+hs=s+2 end=+"+he=e-1
 syn region vueDirectiveValue contained start=+='+hs=s+2 end=+'+he=e-1