diff --git a/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l b/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l
index afb7295..4537c8e 100644
--- a/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l
+++ b/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ whitespace  [ \t\r]
 escape      {backslash}.
 dstringchar [^"\n\\]
 sstringchar [^'\n\\]
+/*
+This breaks backward compatibility to 3.14.8:
 bareword    [a-zA-Z0-9_\-+:./\\\[\]<>;]
+*/
+bareword    [a-zA-Z0-9_\-+:./\\\[\]<>;^~*#%!|&$()@?]
 
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