diff --git a/cmd/tree/pkglist.go b/cmd/tree/pkglist.go
index b319dd9c..7e92f9c9 100644
--- a/cmd/tree/pkglist.go
+++ b/cmd/tree/pkglist.go
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ package cmd_tree
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 
 	//. "github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/config"
+	helpers "github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/helpers"
 	. "github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/logger"
 	pkg "github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/package"
 	tree "github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/tree"
@@ -73,26 +73,13 @@ func NewTreePkglistCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				Fatal("Error on load tree ", err)
 			}
 
-			regExcludes := make([]*regexp.Regexp, len(excludes))
-			if len(excludes) > 0 {
-				for idx, excreg := range excludes {
-					re := regexp.MustCompile(excreg)
-					if re == nil {
-						Fatal("Invalid regex " + excreg + "!")
-					}
-					regExcludes[idx] = re
-				}
+			regExcludes, err := helpers.CreateRegexArray(excludes)
+			if err != nil {
+				Fatal(err.Error())
 			}
-
-			regMatches := make([]*regexp.Regexp, len(matches))
-			if len(matches) > 0 {
-				for idx, mreg := range matches {
-					re := regexp.MustCompile(mreg)
-					if re == nil {
-						Fatal("Invalid regex " + mreg + "!")
-					}
-					regMatches[idx] = re
-				}
+			regMatches, err := helpers.CreateRegexArray(matches)
+			if err != nil {
+				Fatal(err.Error())
 			}
 
 			plist := make([]string, 0)
diff --git a/pkg/helpers/cli.go b/pkg/helpers/cli.go
index 5a149285..536a9c44 100644
--- a/pkg/helpers/cli.go
+++ b/pkg/helpers/cli.go
@@ -17,12 +17,29 @@
 package helpers
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 
 	_gentoo "github.com/Sabayon/pkgs-checker/pkg/gentoo"
 	pkg "github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/package"
 )
 
+func CreateRegexArray(rgx []string) ([]*regexp.Regexp, error) {
+	ans := make([]*regexp.Regexp, len(rgx))
+	if len(rgx) > 0 {
+		for idx, reg := range rgx {
+			re := regexp.MustCompile(reg)
+			if re == nil {
+				return nil, errors.New("Invalid regex " + reg + "!")
+			}
+			ans[idx] = re
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ans, nil
+}
+
 func ParsePackageStr(p string) (*pkg.DefaultPackage, error) {
 	gp, err := _gentoo.ParsePackageStr(p)
 	if err != nil {