diff --git a/Hlt/Hlt1Conf/tests/options/test_allen_decreports.py b/Hlt/Hlt1Conf/tests/options/test_allen_decreports.py
index 48798c538190bff85989846bc9767358c6e2680a..251072279c5191f02b4093905200d01d2a853458 100644
--- a/Hlt/Hlt1Conf/tests/options/test_allen_decreports.py
+++ b/Hlt/Hlt1Conf/tests/options/test_allen_decreports.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ between the two is considered a failure. The options dump is used to
 configure the HltANNSvc for the job ran by this script.
 """
 from __future__ import print_function
+import re
 import argparse
 from collections import defaultdict
 from Configurables import (ApplicationMgr, HistogramPersistencySvc,
@@ -29,19 +30,17 @@ from Moore.config import setup_ann_service, get_allen_hlt1_decision_ids
 
 def get_counts_from_log(f):
     """Return the decisions of each line as extracted from a log file."""
+    logre = re.compile(
+        r' \|\*"Selected by (Hlt1.*Decision)"\s*\|\s*(\d+) \|\s*(\d+) \|')
     counts = {}
     with open(f) as f:
-        for line in (l for l in f if "Selected by" in l):
-            columns = line.split()
-            hlt_line = columns[2].replace('"', '')
-            count = int(columns[6])
-            counts[hlt_line] = count
-        f.seek(0)
-        for line in (l for l in f if "LAZY_AND: allen" in l):
-            columns = line.split()
-            hlt_line = columns[1]
-            count = int(columns[3].replace("Sum=", ""))
-            counts[hlt_line] = count
+        for line in f:
+            m = re.match(logre, line)
+            if m:
+                hlt_line = m.group(1)
+                count = int(m.group(3))
+                counts[hlt_line] = count
+
     return counts