diff --git a/source/syntaxhighlighter.cpp b/source/syntaxhighlighter.cpp
index f57b69c..100e5ae 100644
--- a/source/syntaxhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/source/syntaxhighlighter.cpp
@@ -1021,6 +1021,6 @@ void SyntaxHighlighter::highlightExpression(const QString &text, const QString &
 
 bool SyntaxHighlighter::isWordSeparator(QChar c) const
 {
-    return QString(c).contains(QRegExp(QString::fromUtf8("[^a-zâãäåàæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõøùúûüýþÿıœ]"),Qt::CaseInsensitive));
+    return QString(c).contains(QRegExp(QString::fromUtf8("[^\\w]"),Qt::CaseInsensitive));
 }