diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 0d73869..b224820 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "manifest_version": 2,
   "name": "__MSG_extensionName__",
   "author": "pdulvp@laposte.net",
-  "version": "1.2",
+  "version": "1.3",
   "homepage_url": "https://github.com/pdulvp/extract-data",
   "description": "__MSG_extensionDescription__",
 
diff --git a/ui/options.js b/ui/options.js
index aa3950c..d1cdc5b 100644
--- a/ui/options.js
+++ b/ui/options.js
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ function clickPopupItem(event) {
 
 document.getElementById("button-open").onclick = function (event) {
 	let url = document.getElementById("field-sitematch").value;
+	url = url.replace(/\\([\.\?\[\]\(\)\\\^\$\{\}\+])/g, "$1");
 	browser.tabs.create( {
 		url: url, 
 		active: true