diff --git a/st-urlhandler b/st-urlhandler
index d44bb99..0d39dd5 100755
--- a/st-urlhandler
+++ b/st-urlhandler
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-urlregex="(((http|https)://|www\\.)[a-zA-Z0-9.]*[:]?[a-zA-Z0-9./@$&%?$#=_-]*)|((magnet:\\?xt=urn:btih:)[a-zA-Z0-9]*)"
+urlregex="(((http|https)://|www\\.)[a-zA-Z0-9.]*[:]?[a-zA-Z0-9./@$&%?$\#=_~-]*)|((magnet:\\?xt=urn:btih:)[a-zA-Z0-9]*)"
 
 # First remove linebreaks and mutt sidebars:
 urls="$(sed 's/.*│//g' | tr -d '\n' |