diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/helper/Helper.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/helper/Helper.java
index 1fb8f2e0c..cd295eb4a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/helper/Helper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/helper/Helper.java
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ public class Helper {
 
     public static final Pattern hashtagPattern = Pattern.compile("(#[\\w_A-zÀ-ÿ]+)");
     public static final Pattern groupPattern = Pattern.compile("(![\\w_]+)");
-    public static final Pattern mentionPattern = Pattern.compile("(@[\\w_.-]+)");
+    public static final Pattern mentionPattern = Pattern.compile("(@[\\w_.-]+[\\w])");
     public static final Pattern mentionLongPattern = Pattern.compile("(@[\\w_.-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9.-]{1,61}[a-zA-Z0-9](?:\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,})+)");
 
     public static final Pattern twitterPattern = Pattern.compile("((@[\\w]+)@twitter\\.com)");