diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/status.py b/bookwyrm/views/status.py
index 61b6dc7aa..651021b63 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/status.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/status.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def find_mentions(content):
 def format_links(content):
     """detect and format links"""
     return re.sub(
-        r'([^(href=")]|^|\()(https?:\/\/(%s([\w\.\-_\/+&\?=:;,])*))' % regex.DOMAIN,
+        r'([^(href=")]|^|\()(https?:\/\/(%s([\w\.\-_\/+&\?=:;,@#])*))' % regex.DOMAIN,
         r'\g<1><a href="\g<2>">\g<3></a>',
         content,
     )