diff --git a/javascript/tagAutocomplete.js b/javascript/tagAutocomplete.js
index 1051a87..d88fad2 100644
--- a/javascript/tagAutocomplete.js
+++ b/javascript/tagAutocomplete.js
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ function updateRuby(textArea, prompt) {
 
     const replaceOccurences = (text, tuple) => {
         let { tag, escapedTag, translation } = tuple;
-        let searchRegex = new RegExp(`(?<!<ruby>)(?:\\b)${escapedTag}(?:\\b|$|(?=[,| \\t\\n\\r]))(?!<rt>)`, "g");
+        let searchRegex = new RegExp(`(?<!<ruby>)(?:\\b)${escapedTag}(?:\\b|$|(?=[,|: \\t\\n\\r]))(?!<rt>)`, "g");
         return text.replaceAll(searchRegex, `<ruby>${escapeHTML(tag)}<rt>${translation}</rt></ruby>`);
     }
 
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ function updateRuby(textArea, prompt) {
 
             let escapedTag = escapeRegExp(tuple.tag);
             
-            let searchRegex = new RegExp(`(?<!<ruby>)(?:\\b)${escapedTag}(?:\\b|$|(?=[,| \\t\\n\\r]))(?!<rt>)`, "g");
+            let searchRegex = new RegExp(`(?<!<ruby>)(?:\\b)${escapedTag}(?:\\b|$|(?=[,|: \\t\\n\\r]))(?!<rt>)`, "g");
             html = html.replaceAll(searchRegex, subHtml);
         }
     });