diff --git a/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/scoring/Category.java b/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/scoring/Category.java
index 8922b686..93c5894d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/scoring/Category.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/scoring/Category.java
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package org.matsim.run.scoring;
 
+import org.matsim.core.config.ReflectiveConfigGroup;
+import org.matsim.utils.objectattributes.attributable.Attributes;
+
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * Categorize values into groups.
@@ -21,14 +25,58 @@ public final class Category {
 	 */
 	private final Map<String, String> grouped;
 
+
+	/**
+	 * Regular expressions for each category.
+	 */
+	private final Map<String, Pattern> regex;
+
 	/**
 	 * Range categories.
 	 */
 	private final List<Range> ranges;
 
+	/**
+	 * Create categories from config parameters.
+	 */
+	public static Map<String, Category> fromConfigParams(Collection<? extends ReflectiveConfigGroup> params) {
+
+		Map<String, Set<String>> categories = new HashMap<>();
+
+		// Collect all values
+		for (ReflectiveConfigGroup parameter : params) {
+			for (Map.Entry<String, String> kv : parameter.getParams().entrySet()) {
+				categories.computeIfAbsent(kv.getKey(), k -> new HashSet<>()).add(kv.getValue());
+			}
+		}
+
+		return categories.entrySet().stream()
+			.collect(HashMap::new, (m, e) -> m.put(e.getKey(), new Category(e.getValue())), HashMap::putAll);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Match attributes from an object with parameters defined in config.
+	 */
+	public static boolean matchAttributesWithConfig(Attributes attr, ReflectiveConfigGroup config, Map<String, Category> categories) {
+
+		for (Map.Entry<String, String> e : config.getParams().entrySet()) {
+			// might be null if not defined
+			Object objValue = attr.getAttribute(e.getKey());
+			String category = categories.get(e.getKey()).categorize(objValue);
+
+			// compare as string
+			if (!Objects.toString(category).equals(e.getValue()))
+				return false;
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+
 	public Category(Set<String> values) {
 		this.values = values;
 		this.grouped = new HashMap<>();
+		this.regex = new HashMap<>();
 		for (String v : values) {
 			if (v.contains(",")) {
 				String[] grouped = v.split(",");
@@ -36,6 +84,10 @@ public Category(Set<String> values) {
 					this.grouped.put(g, v);
 				}
 			}
+
+			if (v.startsWith("/") && v.endsWith("/")) {
+				this.regex.put(v, Pattern.compile(v.substring(1, v.length() - 1), Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE));
+			}
 		}
 
 		boolean range = this.values.stream().allMatch(v -> v.contains("-") || v.contains("+"));
@@ -85,6 +137,12 @@ public String categorize(Object value) {
 				return v;
 			else if (grouped.containsKey(v))
 				return grouped.get(v);
+			else {
+				for (Map.Entry<String, Pattern> kv : regex.entrySet()) {
+					if (kv.getValue().matcher(v).matches())
+						return kv.getKey();
+				}
+			}
 
 			try {
 				double d = Double.parseDouble(v);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/scoring/IndividualPersonScoringParameters.java b/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/scoring/IndividualPersonScoringParameters.java
index 68b54f40..10e9138e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/scoring/IndividualPersonScoringParameters.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/scoring/IndividualPersonScoringParameters.java
@@ -81,25 +81,10 @@ public IndividualPersonScoringParameters(Scenario scenario) {
 		this.scoring = ConfigUtils.addOrGetModule(scenario.getConfig(), AdvancedScoringConfigGroup.class);
 		this.transitConfig = scenario.getConfig().transit();
 		this.globalAvgIncome = computeAvgIncome(scenario.getPopulation());
-		this.categories = buildCategories(this.scoring);
+		this.categories = Category.fromConfigParams(this.scoring.getScoringParameters());
 		this.cache = new IdMap<>(Person.class, scenario.getPopulation().getPersons().size());
 	}
 
-	static Map<String, Category> buildCategories(AdvancedScoringConfigGroup scoring) {
-
-		Map<String, Set<String>> categories = new HashMap<>();
-
-		// Collect all values
-		for (AdvancedScoringConfigGroup.ScoringParameters parameter : scoring.getScoringParameters()) {
-			for (Map.Entry<String, String> kv : parameter.getParams().entrySet()) {
-				categories.computeIfAbsent(kv.getKey(), k -> new HashSet<>()).add(kv.getValue());
-			}
-		}
-
-		return categories.entrySet().stream()
-			.collect(HashMap::new, (m, e) -> m.put(e.getKey(), new Category(e.getValue())), HashMap::putAll);
-	}
-
 	static DistanceGroup[] calcDistanceGroups(List<Integer> dists, DoubleList distUtils) {
 
 		// Nothing to do if no distance groups are defined.
@@ -223,7 +208,7 @@ public ScoringParameters getScoringParameters(Person person) {
 
 			for (AdvancedScoringConfigGroup.ScoringParameters parameter : scoring.getScoringParameters()) {
 
-				if (parameter.matchObject(person.getAttributes(), categories)) {
+				if (Category.matchAttributesWithConfig(person.getAttributes(), parameter, categories)) {
 					for (Map.Entry<String, AdvancedScoringConfigGroup.ModeParams> mode : parameter.getModeParams().entrySet()) {
 
 						DistanceGroupModeUtilityParameters.DeltaBuilder b =
diff --git a/src/main/sh/start.sh b/src/main/sh/start.sh
index 83bf1d06..7eec67fd 100644
--- a/src/main/sh/start.sh
+++ b/src/main/sh/start.sh
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ export RUN_NAME="$name"
 echo "Starting run $name"
 echo "$*"
 
-sbatch --export=ALL --job-name matsim-"$name" job.sh
+sbatch --parsable --export=ALL --job-name matsim-"$name" job.sh