diff --git a/www/scripts/common/validator.js b/www/scripts/common/validator.js
index 825dcd6a38..6ee423a926 100644
--- a/www/scripts/common/validator.js
+++ b/www/scripts/common/validator.js
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ define([
         numericRegex : /^[0-9]+$/,
         integerRegex : /^\-?[0-9]+$/,
         decimalRegex : /^\-?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+$/,
-        emailRegex : /^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&amp,'*+\-\/=?\^_`{|}~\-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)*$/,
+        emailRegex : /^[^@]+@[^@]+\.[^@]+$/,
         alphaRegex : /^[a-z]+$/i,
         alphaNumericRegex : /^[a-z0-9]+$/i,
         alphaDashRegex : /^[a-z0-9_\-]+$/i,