diff --git a/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex b/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
index 3e71a3b5f..cf2944c38 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def parse_tags(text, data \\ %{}) do
   def parse_mentions(text) do
     # Modified from https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html#valid-e-mail-address
     regex =
-      ~r/@[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-]+@?[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*/u
+      ~r/@[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-]*@?[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*/u
 
     Regex.scan(regex, text)
     |> List.flatten()