diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index aba4ced89..24e65e4b0 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -104,4 +104,4 @@ The following binary downloads have been compiled with ESP8266/Arduino library c
 - Add support for Thermostat control by arijav (#8212)
 - Add experimental basic support for Tasmota on ESP32 based on work by Jörg Schüler-Maroldt
 - Add automatic compression of Rules to achieve ~60% compression, added ``SetOption93 1`` to control caching of rules
-- Add rule trigger ``#`` to trigger on any root value like ``on #loadavg<50 do power 2 endon`` after ``state`` command
+- Add rule trigger at root level like ``on loadavg<50 do power 2 endon`` after ``state`` command
diff --git a/tasmota/CHANGELOG.md b/tasmota/CHANGELOG.md
index f02a4c320..a54809a68 100644
--- a/tasmota/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tasmota/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 - Add support for OpenTherm by Yuriy Sannikov (#8373)
 - Add support for Thermostat control by arijav (#8212)
 - Add automatic compression of Rules to achieve ~60% compression, added ``SetOption93 1`` to control caching of rules
-- Add rule trigger ``#`` to trigger on any root value like ``on #loadavg<50 do power 2 endon`` after ``state`` command
+- Add rule trigger at root level like ``on loadavg<50 do power 2 endon`` after ``state`` command
 - Change flash access removing support for any Core before 2.6.3
 - Change HAss discovery by Federico Leoni (#8370)
 - Change default PWM Frequency to 977 Hz from 223 Hz
diff --git a/tasmota/xdrv_10_rules.ino b/tasmota/xdrv_10_rules.ino
index f790768b9..f2f01a8db 100644
--- a/tasmota/xdrv_10_rules.ino
+++ b/tasmota/xdrv_10_rules.ino
@@ -417,19 +417,20 @@ bool RulesRuleMatch(uint8_t rule_set, String &event, String &rule)
   char stemp[10];
 
   // Step1: Analyse rule
-  int pos = rule.indexOf('#');
-  if (pos == -1) { return false; }                     // No # sign in rule
-
-  String rule_task = rule.substring(0, pos);           // "INA219" or "SYSTEM"
+  String rule_expr = rule;                             // "TELE-INA219#CURRENT>0.100"
   if (Rules.teleperiod) {
-    int ppos = rule_task.indexOf("TELE-");             // "TELE-INA219" or "INA219"
+    int ppos = rule_expr.indexOf("TELE-");             // "TELE-INA219#CURRENT>0.100" or "INA219#CURRENT>0.100"
     if (ppos == -1) { return false; }                  // No pre-amble in rule
-    rule_task = rule.substring(5, pos);                // "INA219" or "SYSTEM"
+    rule_expr = rule.substring(5);                     // "INA219#CURRENT>0.100" or "SYSTEM#BOOT"
   }
 
-  String rule_expr = rule.substring(pos +1);           // "CURRENT>0.100" or "BOOT" or "%var1%" or "MINUTE|5"
   String rule_name, rule_param;
-  int8_t compareOperator = parseCompareExpression(rule_expr, rule_name, rule_param);    //Parse the compare expression.Return operator and the left, right part of expression
+  int8_t compareOperator = parseCompareExpression(rule_expr, rule_name, rule_param);  // Parse the compare expression.Return operator and the left, right part of expression
+
+  // rule_name  = "INA219#CURRENT"
+  // rule_param = "0.100" or "%VAR1%"
+
+//AddLog_P2(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, PSTR("RUL: expr %s, name %s, param %s"), rule_expr.c_str(), rule_name.c_str(), rule_param.c_str());
 
   char rule_svalue[80] = { 0 };
   float rule_value = 0;
@@ -477,11 +478,12 @@ bool RulesRuleMatch(uint8_t rule_set, String &event, String &rule)
     if (temp_value > -1) {
       rule_value = temp_value;
     } else {
-      rule_value = CharToFloat((char*)rule_svalue);   // 0.1      - This saves 9k code over toFLoat()!
+      rule_value = CharToFloat((char*)rule_svalue);    // 0.1      - This saves 9k code over toFLoat()!
     }
   }
 
-  // Step2: Search rule_task and rule_name
+  // Step2: Search rule_name
+  int pos;
   int rule_name_idx = 0;
   if ((pos = rule_name.indexOf("[")) > 0) {            // "SUBTYPE1#CURRENT[1]"
     rule_name_idx = rule_name.substring(pos +1).toInt();
@@ -491,21 +493,10 @@ bool RulesRuleMatch(uint8_t rule_set, String &event, String &rule)
     rule_name = rule_name.substring(0, pos);           // "SUBTYPE1#CURRENT"
   }
 
-//AddLog_P2(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, PSTR("RUL: Find Task %s, Name %s"), rule_task.c_str(), rule_name.c_str());
-
   StaticJsonBuffer<1024> jsonBuf;
   JsonObject &root = jsonBuf.parseObject(event);
   if (!root.success()) { return false; }               // No valid JSON data
-
-  JsonObject *obj;
-  if ((rule_task.length() == 0) || rule_task.startsWith("ROOT")) {                  // Support root level
-    obj = &root;
-  } else {
-    if (!root[rule_task].success()) { return false; }  // No rule_task in JSON data
-    JsonObject &obj1 = root[rule_task];
-    obj = &obj1;
-  }
-
+  JsonObject *obj = &root;
   String subtype;
   uint32_t i = 0;
   while ((pos = rule_name.indexOf("#")) > 0) {         // "SUBTYPE1#SUBTYPE2#CURRENT"
@@ -524,8 +515,8 @@ bool RulesRuleMatch(uint8_t rule_set, String &event, String &rule)
     str_value = (*obj)[rule_name];                     // "CURRENT"
   }
 
-//AddLog_P2(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, PSTR("RUL: Task %s, Name %s, Value |%s|, TrigCnt %d, TrigSt %d, Source %s, Json %s"),
-//  rule_task.c_str(), rule_name.c_str(), rule_svalue, Rules.trigger_count[rule_set], bitRead(Rules.triggers[rule_set], Rules.trigger_count[rule_set]), event.c_str(), (str_value) ? str_value : "none");
+//AddLog_P2(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, PSTR("RUL: Name %s, Value |%s|, TrigCnt %d, TrigSt %d, Source %s, Json %s"),
+//  rule_name.c_str(), rule_svalue, Rules.trigger_count[rule_set], bitRead(Rules.triggers[rule_set], Rules.trigger_count[rule_set]), event.c_str(), (str_value) ? str_value : "none");
 
   Rules.event_value = str_value;                       // Prepare %value%