diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/Tools/StatusExtractor.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/Tools/StatusExtractor.cs
index 7df4c0e..5cbff68 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/Tools/StatusExtractor.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/Tools/StatusExtractor.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tools
                     secondPart = truncatedUrl.Substring(30);
                 }
 
-                messageContent = Regex.Replace(messageContent, m.ToString(),
+                messageContent = Regex.Replace(messageContent, Regex.Escape(m.ToString()),
                     $@"{m.Groups[1]}<a href=""{url}"" rel=""nofollow noopener noreferrer"" target=""_blank""><span class=""invisible"">{protocol}</span><span class=""ellipsis"">{firstPart}</span><span class=""invisible"">{secondPart}</span></a>");
             }
 
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive/BirdsiteLive.csproj b/src/BirdsiteLive/BirdsiteLive.csproj
index 7c24384..26df777 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive/BirdsiteLive.csproj
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive/BirdsiteLive.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <UserSecretsId>d21486de-a812-47eb-a419-05682bb68856</UserSecretsId>
     <DockerDefaultTargetOS>Linux</DockerDefaultTargetOS>
-    <Version>0.14.2</Version>
+    <Version>0.14.3</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests/Tools/StatusExtractorTests.cs b/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests/Tools/StatusExtractorTests.cs
index 06d8f9a..a279dd0 100644
--- a/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests/Tools/StatusExtractorTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests/Tools/StatusExtractorTests.cs
@@ -217,6 +217,25 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void Extract_UrlRegexChars_Test()
+        {
+            #region Stubs
+            var message = @"🐣 juniors & tech(http://tech.guru maker)";
+            #endregion
+
+            #region Mocks
+            var logger = new Mock<ILogger<StatusExtractor>>();
+            #endregion
+
+            var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings, logger.Object);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
+
+            #region Validations
+            Assert.AreEqual(@"🐣 juniors & tech(<a href=""http://tech.guru"" rel=""nofollow noopener noreferrer"" target=""_blank""><span class=""invisible"">http://</span><span class=""ellipsis"">tech.guru</span><span class=""invisible""></span></a> maker)", result.content);
+            #endregion
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         public void Extract_SingleHashTag_Test()
         {
@@ -345,7 +364,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             Assert.IsTrue(result.content.Contains(@"<span class=""h-card""><a href=""https://domain.name/@mynickname"" class=""u-url mention"">@<span>mynickname</span></a></span>"));
             #endregion
         }
-
+        
         [TestMethod]
         public void Extract_SingleMentionTag_RT_Test()
         {