diff --git a/js/filters.js b/js/filters.js
index 3ca8297..68f01be 100644
--- a/js/filters.js
+++ b/js/filters.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ weechat.filter('irclinky', ['$filter', function($filter) {
         // However, it matches all *common* IRC channels while trying to minimise false positives.
         // "#1" is much more likely to be "number 1" than "IRC channel #1".
         // Thus, we only match channels beginning with a # and having at least one letter in them.
-        var channelRegex = /(^|[\s,.:;?!"'()+@-])(#+[^\x00\x07\r\n\s,:]*[a-z][^\x00\x07\r\n\s,:]*)/gmi;
+        var channelRegex = /(^|[\s,.:;?!"'()+@-\~%])(#+[^\x00\x07\r\n\s,:]*[a-z][^\x00\x07\r\n\s,:]*)/gmi;
         // This is SUPER nasty, but ng-click does not work inside a filter, as the markup has to be $compiled first, which is not possible in filter afaik.
         // Therefore, get the scope, fire the method, and $apply. Yuck. I sincerely hope someone finds a better way of doing this.
         var substitute = '$1<a href="#" onclick="var $scope = angular.element(event.target).scope(); $scope.openBuffer(\'$2\'); $scope.$apply();">$2</a>';