diff --git a/src/bananaInBoxRule.ts b/src/bananaInBoxRule.ts
index a0f52e3b8..8639a3078 100644
--- a/src/bananaInBoxRule.ts
+++ b/src/bananaInBoxRule.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const InvalidSyntaxBoxOpen = '([';
 const InvalidSyntaxBoxClose = '])';
 const ValidSyntaxOpen = '[(';
 const ValidSyntaxClose = ')]';
-const InvalidSyntaxBoxRe = new RegExp('\\(\\[(.*?)\\]\\)(.*?)');
+const InvalidSyntaxBoxRe = new RegExp('\\[(.*?)\\]');
 
 const getReplacements = (text: ast.BoundEventAst, absolutePosition: number) => {
   const expr: string = (text.sourceSpan as any).toString();
@@ -29,15 +29,14 @@ class BananaInBoxTemplateVisitor extends BasicTemplateAstVisitor {
 
   visitEvent(prop: ast.BoundEventAst, context: any): any {
 
-    if (prop.sourceSpan) {
-      // Note that will not be reliable for different interpolation symbols
+    if (prop.name) {
       let error = null;
-      const expr: any = (<any>prop.sourceSpan).toString();
-        if (InvalidSyntaxBoxRe.test(expr)) {
+      if (InvalidSyntaxBoxRe.test(prop.name)) {
         error = 'Invalid binding syntax. Use [(expr)] instead';
       }
 
       if (error) {
+        const expr: any = (<any>prop.sourceSpan).toString();
         const internalStart = expr.indexOf(InvalidSyntaxBoxOpen) + 1;
         const start = prop.sourceSpan.start.offset + internalStart;
         const absolutePosition = this.getSourcePosition(start - 1);
diff --git a/test/bananaInBoxRule.spec.ts b/test/bananaInBoxRule.spec.ts
index 149bbdb44..a72f40185 100644
--- a/test/bananaInBoxRule.spec.ts
+++ b/test/bananaInBoxRule.spec.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,19 @@ describe('banana-in-box', () => {
       assertSuccess('banana-in-box', source);
     });
 
+    it('should work with proper style', () => {
+      let source = `
+      @Component({
+        template: \`  <a (click)="navigate(['/resources'])"> \`
+      })
+      class Bar {}
+      `;
+      assertSuccess('banana-in-box', source);
+    });
+
   });
 
+
   describe('failure', () => {
     it('should fail when the box is in the banana', () => {
       let source = `
@@ -32,6 +43,22 @@ describe('banana-in-box', () => {
         source
       });
     });
+
+    it('should fail when the box is in the banana', () => {
+      let source = `
+      @Component({
+        template: \` <comp ([bar])="foo" name="foo"></comp>
+                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+        \`
+      })
+      class Bar {}
+      `;
+      assertAnnotated({
+        ruleName: 'banana-in-box',
+        message: 'Invalid binding syntax. Use [(expr)] instead',
+        source
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('replacements', () => {