diff --git a/ui/src/app/apps/apps-add/apps-add.validator.spec.ts b/ui/src/app/apps/apps-add/apps-add.validator.spec.ts
index f67de03a0..a871f4b9f 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/apps/apps-add/apps-add.validator.spec.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/apps/apps-add/apps-add.validator.spec.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ describe('AppsAddValidator', () => {
       [
         ' ',
         'bb',
-        ' http://foo.ly/foo',
         'b b'
       ].forEach((mock) => {
         const uri: FormControl = new FormControl(mock);
@@ -23,7 +22,9 @@ describe('AppsAddValidator', () => {
     it('valid', () => {
       [
         'http://foo.ly/foo',
-        'http://foo.bar:bar.foo-foo:bar-bar'
+        'http://foo.bar:bar.foo-foo:bar-bar',
+        'http://foo.bar/foo.bar&a=a',
+        'http://foo.bar/foo.bar&b=b?a=a'
       ].forEach((mock) => {
         const uri: FormControl = new FormControl(mock);
         expect(AppsAddValidator.uri(uri)).toBeNull();
diff --git a/ui/src/app/apps/apps-add/apps-add.validator.ts b/ui/src/app/apps/apps-add/apps-add.validator.ts
index 570ca6dcb..e9deff827 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/apps/apps-add/apps-add.validator.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/apps/apps-add/apps-add.validator.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {FormControl, FormGroup} from '@angular/forms';
+import { FormControl, FormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
 
 /**
  * Validators for Bulk Import Form
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class AppsAddValidator {
   /**
    * Uri regex
    */
-  static uriRegex = /^([a-zA-Z0-9-]+:\/\/)([\\w\\.:-]+)?([a-zA-Z0-9-\/.:-]+)*$/;
+  static uriRegex = /(http|https):\/\/(\w+:{0,1}\w*@)?(\S+)(:[0-9]+)?(\/|\/([\w#!:.?+=&%@!\-\/]))?/;
 
   /**
    * Validate the uri conditions
diff --git a/ui/src/app/apps/apps-add/uri/apps-bulk-import-uri.component.ts b/ui/src/app/apps/apps-add/uri/apps-bulk-import-uri.component.ts
index 792900a02..72dc498ab 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/apps/apps-add/uri/apps-bulk-import-uri.component.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/apps/apps-add/uri/apps-bulk-import-uri.component.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { AppsService } from '../../apps.service';
 import { BusyService } from '../../../shared/services/busy.service';
 import { NotificationService } from '../../../shared/services/notification.service';
 import { AppsAddValidator } from '../apps-add.validator';
+import { AppError } from '../../../shared/model/error.model';
 
 /**
  * Applications Bulk Import
@@ -83,6 +84,8 @@ export class AppsBulkImportUriComponent implements OnDestroy {
         .subscribe(data => {
           this.notificationService.success('Apps Imported.');
           this.router.navigate(['apps']);
+        }, (error) => {
+          this.notificationService.error(AppError.is(error) ? error.getMessage() : error);
         });
 
       this.busyService.addSubscription(busy);