diff --git a/.ctags b/.ctags
--- a/.ctags
+++ b/.ctags
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 --exclude=*min.js
 
 --regex-perl=/^\s*has[ \t]+['"]*([A-Za-z_+][A-Za-z0-9_]+)['"]*[ \t]+/\1/a,attribute,attributes/
---regex-perl=/^\s*fun +([0-9a-zA-Z_]+) *[{(]/\1/s,subroutines/
---regex-perl=/^\s*method +([0-9a-zA-Z_]+) *[{(]/\1/m,methods/
---regex-perl=/(['"]?)([0-9a-zA-Z_]+)\1\s+(,|=>)\s+sub\s+[{(]/\2/s,subroutines/
+--regex-perl=/^\s*fun +([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]+) *[{(]/\1/s,subroutines/
+--regex-perl=/^\s*method +([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]+) *[{(]/\1/m,methods/
+--regex-perl=/^\s*(around|before|after)[ \t]+['"]*([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]+)['"]*[ \t]+/\2/x,modifier/
 
 --langdef=Elixir
 --langmap=Elixir:.ex.exs