diff --git a/recipes/settings.py b/recipes/settings.py
index f966e419..86739628 100644
--- a/recipes/settings.py
+++ b/recipes/settings.py
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'recipes.wsgi.application'
 # Load settings from env files
 if os.getenv('DATABASE_URL'):
     match = re.match(
-        r'(?P<schema>\w+):\/\/(?:(?P<user>[\w\d_-]+)(?::(?P<password>[^@]+))?@)?(?P<host>[^:/]+)(?:(?P<port>\d+))?(?:/(?P<database>[\w\d/._-]+))?',
+        r'(?P<schema>\w+):\/\/(?:(?P<user>[\w\d_-]+)(?::(?P<password>[^@]+))?@)?(?P<host>[^:/]+)(?::(?P<port>\d+))?(?:/(?P<database>[\w\d/._-]+))?',
         os.getenv('DATABASE_URL')
     )
     settings = match.groupdict()