diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/PublicDBDocumentEntry.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/PublicDBDocumentEntry.java
index c86dba9b634f4ad3779b78a212f8a6af59772a41..e0fe4a2d12ac4dc017107cb2e5f9411aa6b73c83 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/PublicDBDocumentEntry.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/PublicDBDocumentEntry.java
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ public class PublicDBDocumentEntry extends SimpleDocumentEntry
         if(tmpNewValues.size() == 0)
           continue;
         
-        Pattern p = Pattern.compile("\\w+:link=\\w+");
+        Pattern p = Pattern.compile("\\w+[ :]link=\\w+");
         for(int j=0; j<tmpNewValues.size(); j++)
         {
           String valueStr = (String)tmpNewValues.get(j);