diff --git a/utils/dataTransfer/transferData.component.ts b/utils/dataTransfer/transferData.component.ts
index 2e979f7f..bb53b68e 100644
--- a/utils/dataTransfer/transferData.component.ts
+++ b/utils/dataTransfer/transferData.component.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ export class EGIDataTransferComponent {
   jobId =  null;
   statusMessage = null;
   jobStatus;
+
+  public s3UrlRegex = 's3:\/\/(?:www\.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[^\s]{2,}|www\.' +
+    '[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[^\s]{2,}|s3:\/\/(?:www\.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[^\s]{2,}|www\.' +
+    '[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[^\s]{2,}'
+
   constructor(private http: HttpClient, private location: Location,  private _router: Router, private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef) {
 
   }
@@ -476,7 +481,7 @@ export class EGIDataTransferComponent {
 
   validateDestinationUrl():boolean {
     if(this.selectedDestination.destination == "s3") {
-      return (this.destinationUrl.length > 0 && new RegExp('s3:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9]+').test(this.destinationUrl));
+      return (this.destinationUrl.length > 0 && new RegExp("("+this.s3UrlRegex+")|("+StringUtils.urlRegex+")").test(this.destinationUrl));
     }
     return (this.destinationUrl.length > 0 && StringUtils.isValidUrl(this.destinationUrl));
   }
@@ -484,7 +489,9 @@ export class EGIDataTransferComponent {
   public sourceUrlValidators() {
     this.URLValidators = [];
     if(this.selectedDestination.destination == 's3') {
-      this.URLValidators = [Validators.required, Validators.pattern('s3:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9]+')];
+      this.URLValidators = [Validators.required, Validators.pattern("("+this.s3UrlRegex+")|("+StringUtils.urlRegex+")")];
+      // this.URLValidators = [Validators.required, Validators.pattern(this.s3UrlRegex) || StringUtils.urlValidator];
+      // this.URLValidators = [Validators.required, Validators.pattern(this.s3UrlRegex)];
     } else {
       this.URLValidators = [Validators.required, StringUtils.urlValidator()];
     }