diff --git a/src/dbStatic/dbLex.l b/src/dbStatic/dbLex.l
index e6a3f9668..5934e3575 100644
--- a/src/dbStatic/dbLex.l
+++ b/src/dbStatic/dbLex.l
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name  [a-zA-Z0-9_\-:\.\[\]<>;]
-string   [a-zA-Z0-9_\,\./\*#\[\]%: ;!|\'\-&\(\)@\?\+<>=\$\t]
+string   [a-zA-Z0-9_\,\^~\./\*#\[\]%: ;!|\'\-&\(\)@\?\+<>=\$\t]
 
 %{
 #undef YY_INPUT