diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 078665262..460ffe03e 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -230,9 +230,6 @@ META_REFRESH_REGEX = r'<meta http-equiv="?refresh"?[^>]+content="?[^">]+url=(?P<
 # Regular expression used for parsing empty fields in tested form data
 EMPTY_FORM_FIELDS_REGEX = r'(?P<result>[^=]+=(&|\Z))'
 
-# Regular expression for soap message recognition
-SOAP_RECOGNITION_REGEX = r"\A(<\?xml[^>]+>)?\s*<([^> ]+)( [^>]+)?>.+</\2"
-
 # Reference: http://www.cs.ru.nl/bachelorscripties/2010/Martin_Devillers___0437999___Analyzing_password_strength.pdf
 COMMON_PASSWORD_SUFFIXES = ("1", "123", "2", "12", "3", "13", "7", "11", "5", "22", "23", "01", "4", "07", "21", "14", "10", "06", "08", "8", "15", "69", "16", "6", "18")
 
@@ -470,8 +467,11 @@ VIEWSTATE_REGEX = r'(?P<name>__VIEWSTATE[^"]*)[^>]+value="(?P<name>[^"]+)'
 # Number of rows to generate inside the full union test for limited output (mustn't be too large to prevent payload length problems)
 LIMITED_ROWS_TEST_NUMBER = 15
 
+# Regular expression for soap message recognition
+SOAP_RECOGNITION_REGEX = r"(?s)\A(<\?xml[^>]+>)?\s*<([^> ]+)( [^>]+)?>.+</\2"
+
 # Regular expressing used for detecting JSON-like POST data
-JSON_RECOGNITION_REGEX = r'\A\s*\{.*"[^"]+"\s*:\s*("[^"]+"|\d+).*\}\s*\Z'
+JSON_RECOGNITION_REGEX = r'(?s)\A\s*\{.*"[^"]+"\s*:\s*("[^"]+"|\d+).*\}\s*\Z'
 
 # Default POST data content-type
 DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"