diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/remote_loader.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/remote_loader.go
index 71dc41b80..1b0db49e0 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/remote_loader.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/remote_loader.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (self *RemoteLoader) GetRemotes() ([]*models.Remote, error) {
 	remotes := slices.Map(goGitRemotes, func(goGitRemote *gogit.Remote) *models.Remote {
 		remoteName := goGitRemote.Config().Name
 
-		re := regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf(`(?m)^\s*%s\/([\S]+)`, remoteName))
+		re := regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf(`(?m)^\s*%s\/([\S]+)`, regexp.QuoteMeta(remoteName)))
 		matches := re.FindAllStringSubmatch(remoteBranchesStr, -1)
 		branches := slices.Map(matches, func(match []string) *models.RemoteBranch {
 			return &models.RemoteBranch{
diff --git a/pkg/integration/components/shell.go b/pkg/integration/components/shell.go
index 95b601783..409a17bc6 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/components/shell.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/components/shell.go
@@ -125,3 +125,8 @@ func (s *Shell) StashWithMessage(message string) *Shell {
 	s.RunCommand(fmt.Sprintf(`git stash -m "%s"`, message))
 	return s
 }
+
+func (s *Shell) SetConfig(key string, value string) *Shell {
+	s.RunCommand(fmt.Sprintf(`git config --local "%s" %s`, key, value))
+	return s
+}
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/config/remote_named_star.go b/pkg/integration/tests/config/remote_named_star.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3082c594f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/config/remote_named_star.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
+	. "github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/components"
+)
+
+var RemoteNamedStar = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
+	Description:  "Having a config remote.*",
+	ExtraCmdArgs: "",
+	Skip:         false,
+	SetupRepo: func(shell *Shell) {
+		shell.
+			SetConfig("remote.*.prune", "true").
+			CreateNCommits(2)
+	},
+	SetupConfig: func(cfg *config.AppConfig) {},
+	Run: func(
+		shell *Shell,
+		input *Input,
+		assert *Assert,
+		keys config.KeybindingConfig,
+	) {
+		assert.AtLeastOneCommit()
+	},
+})
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/tests.go b/pkg/integration/tests/tests.go
index 1ed99a47c..f097b032d 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/tests/tests.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/tests.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/tests/branch"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/tests/cherry_pick"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/tests/commit"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/tests/config"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/tests/custom_commands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/tests/file"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/tests/interactive_rebase"
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ var tests = []*components.IntegrationTest{
 	stash.Rename,
 	stash.Stash,
 	stash.StashIncludingUntrackedFiles,
+	config.RemoteNamedStar,
 }
 
 func GetTests() []*components.IntegrationTest {
diff --git a/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/COMMIT_EDITMSG b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/COMMIT_EDITMSG
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a78b0618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/COMMIT_EDITMSG
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+commit 02
diff --git a/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/FETCH_HEAD b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/FETCH_HEAD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/HEAD b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/HEAD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb089cd89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/HEAD
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ref: refs/heads/master
diff --git a/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/config b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b485809ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/config
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[core]
+	repositoryformatversion = 0
+	filemode = true
+	bare = false
+	logallrefupdates = true
+[user]
+	email = CI@example.com
+	name = CI
+[commit]
+	gpgSign = false
+[protocol "file"]
+	allow = always
+[remote "*"]
+	prune = true
diff --git a/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/description b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/description
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..498b267a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/description
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository.
diff --git a/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/index b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/index
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3931f762e
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/index differ
diff --git a/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/info/exclude b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/info/exclude
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5196d1be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/info/exclude
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# git ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude
+# Lines that start with '#' are comments.
+# For a project mostly in C, the following would be a good set of
+# exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them):
+# *.[oa]
+# *~
diff --git a/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/logs/HEAD b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/logs/HEAD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1a05666d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/logs/HEAD
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 4fa4f5e427373ac4ac0a6e11ff97293649959859 CI <CI@example.com> 1669295719 +0000	commit (initial): commit 01
+4fa4f5e427373ac4ac0a6e11ff97293649959859 ddb8365ff4c367dbd7d49b965ab4b43c865b99cf CI <CI@example.com> 1669295719 +0000	commit: commit 02
diff --git a/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/logs/refs/heads/master b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/logs/refs/heads/master
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1a05666d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/.git_keep/logs/refs/heads/master
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 4fa4f5e427373ac4ac0a6e11ff97293649959859 CI <CI@example.com> 1669295719 +0000	commit (initial): commit 01
+4fa4f5e427373ac4ac0a6e11ff97293649959859 ddb8365ff4c367dbd7d49b965ab4b43c865b99cf CI <CI@example.com> 1669295719 +0000	commit: commit 02
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new file mode 100644
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new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47d78ad7a
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+++ b/test/integration_new/config/remote_named_star/expected/repo/file01.txt
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new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0647fe4b7
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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