diff --git a/src/utilstrencodings.cpp b/src/utilstrencodings.cpp
index 2cec3023b..b9e64c5fe 100644
--- a/src/utilstrencodings.cpp
+++ b/src/utilstrencodings.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ using namespace std;
 
 // safeChars chosen to allow simple messages/URLs/email addresses, but avoid anything
 // even possibly remotely dangerous like & or >
-static string safeChars("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890 .,;_/:?@");
+static string safeChars("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890 .,;_/:?@()");
 string SanitizeString(const string& str)
 {
     string strResult;