diff --git a/js/misc/util.js b/js/misc/util.js
index db5dc01c6..fc515eb7b 100644
--- a/js/misc/util.js
+++ b/js/misc/util.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const Gettext = imports.gettext.domain('gnome-shell');
 const _ = Gettext.gettext;
 
 /* http://daringfireball.net/2010/07/improved_regex_for_matching_urls */
-const _urlRegexp = new RegExp('\b(([a-z][\w-]+:(/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}/)([^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:\'".,<>?«»“”‘’]))', 'gi');
+const _urlRegexp = new RegExp('\\b(([a-z][\\w-]+:(/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}/)([^\\s()<>]+|\\(([^\\s()<>]+|(\\([^\\s()<>]+\\)))*\\))+(\\(([^\\s()<>]+|(\\([^\\s()<>]+\\)))*\\)|[^\\s`!()\\[\\]{};:\'\\".,<>?«»“”‘’]))', 'gi');
 
 // findUrls:
 // @str: string to find URLs in