diff --git a/bin/emit b/bin/emit
index a75bc72..851bbf9 100755
--- a/bin/emit
+++ b/bin/emit
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ end
 
 def read
   noecho { $stdin.gets }
-  .gsub(/[^A-Za-z0-9_\s\/\-,;:*"'.()#]/, '')
+  .gsub(/[^A-Za-z0-9_\s\/\-,;:*"'.()#%]/, '')
 end
 
 open = false