diff --git a/ntfy-daemon/src/models.rs b/ntfy-daemon/src/models.rs
index 4e824ba..0748a31 100644
--- a/ntfy-daemon/src/models.rs
+++ b/ntfy-daemon/src/models.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fn emoji_map() -> &'static HashMap<String, String> {
 }
 
 pub fn validate_topic(topic: &str) -> Result<&str, Error> {
-    let re = Regex::new(r"^\w+$").unwrap();
+    let re = Regex::new(r"^[\w\-]+$").unwrap();
     if re.is_match(topic) {
         Ok(topic)
     } else {