diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vidbit.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vidbit.py
index 49a57a45b..40a63816e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vidbit.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vidbit.py
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ class VidbitIE(InfoExtractor):
             'id': video_id,
             'title': self._html_search_regex(r'<h1>(.+)</h1>', webpage, 'title'),
             'url': self._BASE_URL % self._html_search_regex(r'file:\s*["\'](.+)["\']', webpage, 'video URL'),
-            'thumbnail': self._BASE_URL % self._html_search_regex(r'image:\s*["\']([^"]*)["\']', webpage, 'thumbnail', fatal=False),
+            'thumbnail': self._BASE_URL % self._html_search_regex(r'image:\s*["\'](.*)["\']', webpage, 'thumbnail', fatal=False),
         }