diff --git a/Amen/Scripts/site-prayer.js b/Amen/Scripts/site-prayer.js
index 59b0a63..1e24563 100644
--- a/Amen/Scripts/site-prayer.js
+++ b/Amen/Scripts/site-prayer.js
@@ -622,7 +622,9 @@ $(function () {
         }
 
         if (email && email.length > 0) {
-            if (!(/^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*@\w+([\.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/.test(email))) {
+            if (!(/^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&’*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*$/.test(email))) {
+                // old regex /^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*@\w+([\.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/
+                // updated to default html5 regex
                 alert("You have entered an invalid email address.  Please, check and try again.");
                 return (false);
             }