diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 45fe8e36..ee800185 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Summary of Changes
+   * Allow : in non standard locations of netcam_url path.
    * Eliminated the use of coded_frame (Was a redundant assignment)
    * Revise HEVC to use H264 for older ffmpeg
    * Add HEVC codec option for newer ffmpeg (momo-i)
diff --git a/netcam.c b/netcam.c
index 1be0d054..32a995bf 100644
--- a/netcam.c
+++ b/netcam.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static void netcam_url_parse(struct url_t *parse_url, const char *text_url)
     int i;
 
     const char *re = "(http|ftp|mjpg|mjpeg|rtsp)://(((.*):(.*))@)?"
-                     "([^/:]|[-.a-z0-9]+)(:([0-9]+))?($|(/[^:]*))";
+                     "([^/:]|[-.a-z0-9]+)(:([0-9]+))?($|(/[^*]*))";
     regex_t pattbuf;
     regmatch_t matches[10];