diff --git a/__tests__/ExpensiMark-HTML-test.js b/__tests__/ExpensiMark-HTML-test.js
index 80ecf6ea..aa29ac13 100644
--- a/__tests__/ExpensiMark-HTML-test.js
+++ b/__tests__/ExpensiMark-HTML-test.js
@@ -334,7 +334,11 @@ test('Test markdown and url links with inconsistent starting and closing parens'
         + '(http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens) '
         + '(((http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens '
         + '(((http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens))) '
-        + 'http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens))) ';
+        + 'http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens))) '
+        + '[Yo (click here to see a cool cat)](https://c8.alamy.com/compes/ha11pc/cookie-cat-con-sombrero-de-cowboy-y-sun-glass-ha11pc.jpg) '
+        + '[Yo click here to see a cool cat)](https://c8.alamy.com/compes/ha11pc/cookie-cat-con-sombrero-de-cowboy-y-sun-glass-ha11pc.jpg) '
+        + '[Yo (click here to see a cool cat](https://c8.alamy.com/compes/ha11pc/cookie-cat-con-sombrero-de-cowboy-y-sun-glass-ha11pc.jpg) '
+        + '[Yo click * $ & here to see a cool cat](https://c8.alamy.com/compes/ha11pc/cookie-cat-con-sombrero-de-cowboy-y-sun-glass-ha11pc.jpg) ';
 
     const resultString = '<a href="http://google.com/(something)?after=parens" target="_blank">google</a> '
         + '(<a href="http://google.com/(something)?after=parens" target="_blank">google</a>) '
@@ -344,7 +348,11 @@ test('Test markdown and url links with inconsistent starting and closing parens'
         + '(<a href="http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens" target="_blank">http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens</a>) '
         + '(((<a href="http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens" target="_blank">http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens</a> '
         + '(((<a href="http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens" target="_blank">http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens</a>))) '
-        + '<a href="http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens" target="_blank">http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens</a>))) ';
+        + '<a href="http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens" target="_blank">http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens</a>))) '
+        + '<a href="https://c8.alamy.com/compes/ha11pc/cookie-cat-con-sombrero-de-cowboy-y-sun-glass-ha11pc.jpg" target="_blank">Yo (click here to see a cool cat)</a> '
+        + '<a href="https://c8.alamy.com/compes/ha11pc/cookie-cat-con-sombrero-de-cowboy-y-sun-glass-ha11pc.jpg" target="_blank">Yo click here to see a cool cat)</a> '
+        + '<a href="https://c8.alamy.com/compes/ha11pc/cookie-cat-con-sombrero-de-cowboy-y-sun-glass-ha11pc.jpg" target="_blank">Yo (click here to see a cool cat</a> '
+        + '<a href="https://c8.alamy.com/compes/ha11pc/cookie-cat-con-sombrero-de-cowboy-y-sun-glass-ha11pc.jpg" target="_blank">Yo click * $ &amp; here to see a cool cat</a> ';
 
     expect(parser.replace(testString)).toBe(resultString);
 });
diff --git a/lib/ExpensiMark.js b/lib/ExpensiMark.js
index 811bd4be..7704e4b7 100644
--- a/lib/ExpensiMark.js
+++ b/lib/ExpensiMark.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export default class ExpensiMark {
 
                 process: (textToProcess, replacement) => {
                     const regex = new RegExp(
-                        `\\[((?:[\\w\\s\\d!?&#;:\\/\\-\\.\\+=<>,@\\[\\]‘’“”]|(?:<code>.+<\\/code>))+)\\]\\(${URL_REGEX}\\)(?![^<]*(<\\/pre>|<\\/code>))`,
+                        `\\[(.+?)\\]\\(${URL_REGEX}\\)(?![^<]*(<\\/pre>|<\\/code>))`,
                         'gi'
                     );
                     return this.modifyTextForUrlLinks(regex, textToProcess, replacement);