diff --git a/src/zabapgit_page_branch_overview.prog.abap b/src/zabapgit_page_branch_overview.prog.abap
index bd6bfd4a9..c288c0b12 100644
--- a/src/zabapgit_page_branch_overview.prog.abap
+++ b/src/zabapgit_page_branch_overview.prog.abap
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ CLASS lcl_branch_overview IMPLEMENTATION.
       SPLIT ls_raw-body AT gc_newline INTO ls_commit-message lv_trash.
 
 * unix time stamps are in same time zone, so ignore the zone,
-      FIND REGEX '^([\w\s]+) <(.*)> (\d{10}) .\d{4}$' IN ls_raw-author
+      FIND REGEX '^([\w\s\.@]+) <(.*)> (\d{10}) .\d{4}$' IN ls_raw-author
         SUBMATCHES
         ls_commit-author
         ls_commit-email
@@ -590,4 +590,4 @@ CLASS lcl_gui_page_branch_overview IMPLEMENTATION.
 
   ENDMETHOD.
 
-ENDCLASS.
\ No newline at end of file
+ENDCLASS.