diff --git a/src/librssguard/network-web/networkfactory.cpp b/src/librssguard/network-web/networkfactory.cpp
index 2aa8e875f..4ccc99f33 100644
--- a/src/librssguard/network-web/networkfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/librssguard/network-web/networkfactory.cpp
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ QString NetworkFactory::networkErrorText(QNetworkReply::NetworkError error_code)
 }
 
 QString NetworkFactory::sanitizeUrl(const QString& url) {
-  return QString(url).replace(QRegularExpression(QSL("[^\\w\\-.~:\\/?#\\[\\]@!$&'()*+,;=%]")),
+  return QString(url).replace(QRegularExpression(QSL("[^\\w\\-.~:\\/?#\\[\\]@!$&'()*+,;=% \\|]")),
                               QString());
 }