diff --git a/terminatorlib/terminal.py b/terminatorlib/terminal.py
index 944bebe0..0177c7f8 100755
--- a/terminatorlib/terminal.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/terminal.py
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ class Terminal(gtk.VBox):
                     ".]+(:[0-9]+)?(" + urlpath + ")?" + rboundry + "/?")
             self.matches['email'] = self.vte.match_add (lboundry + 
                     "(mailto:)?[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9.+-]*@[a-zA-Z0-9]" +
-                            "[a-zA-Z0-9-]*\.[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+"
+                            "[a-zA-Z0-9-]*\.[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+" +
                             "[.a-zA-Z0-9-]*" + rboundry)
             self.matches['nntp'] = self.vte.match_add (lboundry + 
-                    "news:[-A-Z\^_a-z{|}~!"#$%&'()*+,./0-9;:=?`]+@"
+                  """news:[-A-Z\^_a-z{|}~!"#$%&'()*+,./0-9;:=?`]+@""" +
                             "[-A-Za-z0-9.]+(:[0-9]+)?" + rboundry)
 
             # Now add any matches from plugins