diff --git a/features/src/main/scala/com/salesforce/op/features/types/Text.scala b/features/src/main/scala/com/salesforce/op/features/types/Text.scala
index 5f308fe9eb..670b918fcd 100644
--- a/features/src/main/scala/com/salesforce/op/features/types/Text.scala
+++ b/features/src/main/scala/com/salesforce/op/features/types/Text.scala
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ import com.twitter.chill.Base64.{InputStream => Base64InputStream}
 import org.apache.commons.io.input.CharSequenceInputStream
 import org.apache.commons.validator.routines.UrlValidator
 
+import scala.util.Try
+
 /**
  * Text value representation
  *
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ class URL(value: Option[String]) extends Text(value){
    * RFC2396 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt)
    * Default valid protocols are: http, https, ftp.
    */
-  def isValid: Boolean = value.exists(UrlValidator.getInstance().isValid)
+  def isValid: Boolean = value.exists(v => UrlValidator.getInstance().isValid(v) && Try(new java.net.URL(v)).isSuccess)
   /**
    * Verifies if the url is of correct form of "Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax"
    * RFC2396 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt)
diff --git a/features/src/test/scala/com/salesforce/op/features/types/URLTest.scala b/features/src/test/scala/com/salesforce/op/features/types/URLTest.scala
index ac5ca2736a..8f916a9eeb 100644
--- a/features/src/test/scala/com/salesforce/op/features/types/URLTest.scala
+++ b/features/src/test/scala/com/salesforce/op/features/types/URLTest.scala
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ class URLTest extends PropSpec with PropertyChecks with TestCommon {
     Some("ftp://.codomain"),
     Some("https://.codomain"),
     Some("//domain.nambia"),
-    Some("http://\u00ff\u0080\u007f\u0000.com") // scalastyle:off
+    Some("http://\u00ff\u0080\u007f\u0000.com"), // scalastyle:off
+    Some("http://specialchars.＠.com")
   )
 
   val goodOnes = Table("good ones",