diff --git a/app/lib/Firefly/Validation/FireflyValidator.php b/app/lib/Firefly/Validation/FireflyValidator.php
index 479ac8c13a..cb3bb93d8e 100644
--- a/app/lib/Firefly/Validation/FireflyValidator.php
+++ b/app/lib/Firefly/Validation/FireflyValidator.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class FireflyValidator extends Validator
 {
     public function validateAlphabasic($attribute, $value, $parameters)
     {
-        $pattern = '/[^a-z_\-0-9 ]/i';
+        $pattern = '/[^[:alnum:]_\-\.\& \(\)\'"]/iu';
         if (preg_match($pattern, $value)) {
             return false;
         } else {