diff --git a/decodedtext.cpp b/decodedtext.cpp
index 98ef9c066..282bb6a31 100644
--- a/decodedtext.cpp
+++ b/decodedtext.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 namespace
 {
-  QRegularExpression words_re {R"(^(?:(?<word1>(?:CQ|DE|QRZ)(?:\s?DX|\s(?:[A-Z]{1,4}|\d{3}))|[A-Z0-9/]+)\s)(?:(?<word2>[A-Z0-9/]+)(?:\s(?<word3>[-+A-Z0-9]+)(?:\s(?<word4>(?:OOO|(?!RR73)[A-R]{2}[0-9]{2})))?)?)?)"};
+  QRegularExpression words_re {R"(^(?:(?<word1>(?:CQ|DE|QRZ)(?:\s?DX|\s(?:[A-Z]{1,4}|\d{3}))|[A-Z0-9/]+|\.{3})\s)(?:(?<word2>[A-Z0-9/]+)(?:\s(?<word3>[-+A-Z0-9]+)(?:\s(?<word4>(?:OOO|(?!RR73)[A-R]{2}[0-9]{2})))?)?)?)"};
 }
 
 DecodedText::DecodedText (QString const& the_string)