diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/webpage.sh b/advanced/Scripts/webpage.sh
index f26ce11d..da2afb0f 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/webpage.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/webpage.sh
@@ -486,10 +486,15 @@ SetWebUITheme() {
 }
 
 CheckUrl(){
-    local regex
+    local regex check_url
     # Check for characters NOT allowed in URLs
-    regex="[^a-zA-Z0-9:/?&%=~._-]"
-    if [[ "${1}" =~ ${regex} ]]; then
+    regex="[^a-zA-Z0-9:/?&%=~._()-;]"
+
+    # this will remove first @ that is after schema and before domain
+    # \1 is optional schema, \2 is userinfo
+    check_url="$( sed -re 's#([^:/]*://)?([^/]+)@#\1\2#' <<< "$1" )"
+
+    if [[ "${check_url}" =~ ${regex} ]]; then
         return 1
     else
         return 0
diff --git a/gravity.sh b/gravity.sh
index 5a831dae..dfb863e9 100755
--- a/gravity.sh
+++ b/gravity.sh
@@ -393,10 +393,15 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklists() {
     esac
 
     echo -e "  ${INFO} Target: ${url}"
-    local regex
+    local regex check_url
     # Check for characters NOT allowed in URLs
     regex="[^a-zA-Z0-9:/?&%=~._()-;]"
-    if [[ "${url}" =~ ${regex} ]]; then
+
+    # this will remove first @ that is after schema and before domain
+    # \1 is optional schema, \2 is userinfo
+    check_url="$( sed -re 's#([^:/]*://)?([^/]+)@#\1\2#' <<< "$url" )"
+
+    if [[ "${check_url}" =~ ${regex} ]]; then
         echo -e "  ${CROSS} Invalid Target"
     else
        gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl "${url}" "${cmd_ext}" "${agent}" "${sourceIDs[$i]}" "${saveLocation}" "${target}" "${compression}"