diff --git a/lua/taglinks/tagutils.lua b/lua/taglinks/tagutils.lua
index c582f08..3abe3cc 100644
--- a/lua/taglinks/tagutils.lua
+++ b/lua/taglinks/tagutils.lua
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 local Job = require("plenary.job")
 
 local M = {}
-local hashtag_re = "(^|\\s|'|\")#[a-zA-Z]+[a-zA-Z0-9/\\-_]*"
-local colon_re = "(^|\\s):[a-zA-Z]+[a-zA-Z0-9/\\-_]*:"
-local yaml_re = "(^|\\s)tags:\\s*\\[([a-zA-Z]+[a-zA-Z0-9/\\-_]*(,\\s)*)*]"
+local hashtag_re = "(^|\\s|'|\")#[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ]+[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ0-9/\\-_]*"
+local colon_re = "(^|\\s):[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ]+[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ0-9/\\-_]*:"
+local yaml_re =
+    "(^|\\s)tags:\\s*\\[([a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ]+[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ0-9/\\-_]*(,\\s)*)*]"
 
 local function command_find_all_tags(opts)
     opts = opts or {}
diff --git a/syntax/telekasten.vim b/syntax/telekasten.vim
index 459aa65..057d6fb 100644
--- a/syntax/telekasten.vim
+++ b/syntax/telekasten.vim
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ syn region Comment matchgroup=Comment start="<!--" end="-->"  contains=tkTag kee
 syntax region tkLink matchgroup=tkBrackets start=/\[\[/ end=/\]\]/ display oneline
 syntax region tkHighlight matchgroup=tkBrackets start=/==/ end=/==/ display oneline
 
-syntax match tkTag "\v#[a-zA-Z]+[a-zA-Z0-9/\-_]*"
-syntax match tkTag "\v:[a-zA-Z]+[a-zA-Z0-9/\-_]*:"
+syntax match tkTag "\v#[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ]+[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ0-9/\-_]*"
+syntax match tkTag "\v:[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ]+[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ0-9/\-_]*:"
 
 syntax match tkTagSep "\v\s*,\s*" contained
 syntax region tkTag matchgroup=tkBrackets start=/^tags\s*:\s*\[\s*/ end=/\s*\]\s*$/ contains=tkTagSep display oneline
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ let b:current_syntax = 'telekasten'
 "     hi tklink ctermfg=72 cterm=bold,underline
 "     hi tkBrackets ctermfg=gray
 
-" " Highlight ==highlighted== text 
+" " Highlight ==highlighted== text
 "     hi tkHighlight ctermbg=yellow ctermfg=darkred cterm=bold
 "
 " " Tags