diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/URLToken.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/URLToken.java
index ad100dd..dbeff8e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/URLToken.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/URLToken.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 public class URLToken extends ReplaceableToken {
 	
-	private static String FINAL_CHARACTERS_TO_REMOVE_FROM_LINK = "[\\.\\,\\;\\)]";
+	private static String FINAL_CHARACTERS_TO_REMOVE_FROM_LINK = "[\\.\\,\\;\\)\\:]";
 	
 	public URLToken(String token, String delimiter, int start, int end) {
 		super(token, delimiter, start, end);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/TestUnit.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/TestUnit.java
index 7a7093f..d02c5e8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/TestUnit.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/TestUnit.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package org.gcube.social_networking.socialutillibrary;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.gcube.socialnetworking.token.Token;
 import org.gcube.socialnetworking.token.URLToken;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -33,10 +32,9 @@ public class TestUnit {
 	@Test
 	public void test(){
 		String urlString = "http://2001:db8:0:1:1:1:1:1:8080/group/preeco/what-if?p_p_id=simul_WAR_simulfishgrowthportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0";
-		String[] ends = new String[] {".", ",", ";", ")","]","}",""};
+		String[] ends = new String[] {".", ",", ";",":",")","]","}",""};
 		for(String s : ends) {
-			Token token = new Token(urlString+s, "\n", 0, 0);
-			URLToken urlToken = new URLToken(token);
+			URLToken urlToken = new URLToken(urlString+s, "\n", 0, 0);
 			logger.debug(urlToken.getTokenReplacement());
 		}
 	}