diff --git a/omeroweb/webclient/static/webclient/javascript/ome.webclient.actions.js b/omeroweb/webclient/static/webclient/javascript/ome.webclient.actions.js
index 744b09177e..8612e6f384 100644
--- a/omeroweb/webclient/static/webclient/javascript/ome.webclient.actions.js
+++ b/omeroweb/webclient/static/webclient/javascript/ome.webclient.actions.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ OME.getURLParameter = function(key) {
 };
 
 var linkify = function(input) {
-    var regex = /(https?|ftp|file):\/\/[-a-zA-Z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-zA-Z0-9+&@#/%=~_|]/g;
+    var regex = /(https?|ftp|file):\/\/[-a-zA-Z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;$]*[-a-zA-Z0-9+&@#/%=~_|$]/g;
     input = input.replace(regex, "<a href='$&' target='_blank'>$&</a>");
     return linkObjects(input);
 };