diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/GfycatRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/GfycatRipper.java
index 37b2d5ae..c542c6dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/GfycatRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/GfycatRipper.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class GfycatRipper extends AbstractHTMLRipper {
     }
 
     public boolean isProfile() {
-        Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^https?://[wm.]*gfycat\\.com/@([a-zA-Z0-9]+).*$");
+        Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^https?://[wm.]*gfycat\\.com/@([a-zA-Z0-9\\.\\-\\_]+).*$");
         Matcher m = p.matcher(url.toExternalForm());
         return m.matches();
     }
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ public class GfycatRipper extends AbstractHTMLRipper {
 
     @Override
     public String getGID(URL url) throws MalformedURLException {
-        Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^https?://(thumbs\\.|[wm\\.]*)gfycat\\.com/@?([a-zA-Z0-9]+).*$");
+        Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^https?://(?:thumbs\\.|[wm\\.]*)gfycat\\.com/@?([a-zA-Z0-9\\.\\-\\_]+).*$");
         Matcher m = p.matcher(url.toExternalForm());
         
         if (m.matches())
-            return m.group(2);
+            return m.group(1);
         
         throw new MalformedURLException(
                 "Expected gfycat.com format: "
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/GfycatRipperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/GfycatRipperTest.java
index 019350ad..39c14673 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/GfycatRipperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/GfycatRipperTest.java
@@ -44,4 +44,13 @@ public class GfycatRipperTest extends RippersTest {
         GfycatRipper ripper = new GfycatRipper(new URL("https://gfycat.com/amp/TemptingExcellentIchthyosaurs"));
         testRipper(ripper);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Rips a Gfycat profile with special characters in username
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public void testGfycatSpecialChar() throws IOException {
+        GfycatRipper ripper = new GfycatRipper(new URL("https://gfycat.com/@rsss.kr"));
+        testRipper(ripper);
+    }
 }