diff --git a/terminator b/terminator
index 34e23ca6..b6c8ebe6 100755
--- a/terminator
+++ b/terminator
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class TerminatorTerm:
 
     # Set our wordchars
     # FIXME: This shouldn't be hardcoded
-    self._vte.set_word_chars ('-A-Za-z0-9./?%&#_+')
+    self._vte.set_word_chars ('-A-Za-z0-9,./?%&#:_')
 
     # Set our mouselation
     # FIXME: This shouldn't be hardcoded