diff --git a/nodes/core/logic/15-change.html b/nodes/core/logic/15-change.html
index ea360908f..c2a2f0420 100644
--- a/nodes/core/logic/15-change.html
+++ b/nodes/core/logic/15-change.html
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
         <label id="node-input-t">replace with</label>
         <input type="text" id="node-input-to" placeholder="that"/>
     </div>
+    <div class="form-row" id="node-reg-row">
+        <label>&nbsp;</label>
+        <input type="checkbox" id="node-input-reg" style="display: inline-block; width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
+        <label for="node-input-reg" style="width: 70%;">Use regular expressions ?</label>
+    </div>
     <br/>
     <div class="form-row">
         <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-tag"></i> Name</label>
@@ -58,6 +63,7 @@
             property: {value:"payload"},
             from: {value:""},
             to: {value:""},
+            reg: {value:false},
             name: {value:""}
         },
         inputs: 1,
@@ -78,6 +84,7 @@
                     $("#node-input-t").html("with value");
                     $("#node-from-row").hide();
                     $("#node-to-row").show();
+                    $("#node-reg-row").hide();
                     $("#node-tip").html("Tip: expects a new property name and either a fixed value OR the full name of another msg.property eg: msg.sentiment.score");
                 }
                 if (a === "delete") {
@@ -86,6 +93,7 @@
                     //$("#node-input-t").html("to");
                     $("#node-from-row").hide();
                     $("#node-to-row").hide();
+                    $("#node-reg-row").hide();
                     $("#node-tip").html("Tip: deletes the named property and all sub-properties");
                 }
                 if (a === "change") {
@@ -94,7 +102,8 @@
                     $("#node-input-t").html("replace with");
                     $("#node-from-row").show();
                     $("#node-to-row").show();
-                    $("#node-tip").html("Tip: <i>if it contains</i> can be a regex, likewise <i>replace with</i> can accept regex results. Only works on strings.");
+                    $("#node-reg-row").show();
+                    $("#node-tip").html("Tip: If <i>contains</i> is a regex, you <b>must</b> escape any special characters. Likewise <i>replace with</i> can accept regex results. Only works on strings.");
                 }
                 //if (a === "replace") {
                  //   $("#node-input-todo").html("called");
diff --git a/nodes/core/logic/15-change.js b/nodes/core/logic/15-change.js
index 4866239c0..0a8b53ef6 100644
--- a/nodes/core/logic/15-change.js
+++ b/nodes/core/logic/15-change.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ function ChangeNode(n) {
     this.property = n.property || "";
     this.from = n.from || " ";
     this.to = n.to || " ";
+    this.reg = n.reg;
+    console.log("Type=",this.reg);
     var node = this;
 
     var makeNew = function( stem, path, value ) {
@@ -35,7 +37,15 @@ function ChangeNode(n) {
 
     this.on('input', function (msg) {
         if (node.action == "change") {
-            node.re = new RegExp(this.from, "g");
+            if (node.reg === false) {
+                this.from = this.from.replace(/[-[\]{}()*+?.,\\^$|#\s]/g, "\\$&");
+            }
+            //console.log("Regex is:",this.from);
+            try {
+                node.re = new RegExp(this.from, "g");
+            } catch (e) {
+                node.error("Invalid regex: "+this.from);
+            }
             if (typeof msg[node.property] === "string") {
                 msg[node.property] = (msg[node.property]).replace(node.re, node.to);
             }