diff --git a/dist/main/index.js b/dist/main/index.js
index 2373005..e936948 100644
--- a/dist/main/index.js
+++ b/dist/main/index.js
@@ -453,8 +453,8 @@ const isValidCommitMessage = (message, availableTypes = DEFAULT_COMMIT_TYPES) =>
     let [possiblyValidCommitType] = message.split(":");
     possiblyValidCommitType = possiblyValidCommitType.toLowerCase();
     // Let's remove scope if present.
-    if (possiblyValidCommitType.match(/\([a-z]*?\)/)) {
-        possiblyValidCommitType = possiblyValidCommitType.replace(/\([a-z]*?\)/, "");
+    if (possiblyValidCommitType.match(/\(\S*?\)/)) {
+        possiblyValidCommitType = possiblyValidCommitType.replace(/\(\S*?\)/, "");
     }
     possiblyValidCommitType = possiblyValidCommitType
         .replace(/\s/g, "") // Remove all whitespace
diff --git a/src/__tests__/isValidCommitMessage.test.ts b/src/__tests__/isValidCommitMessage.test.ts
index 5f33e4d..343e425 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/isValidCommitMessage.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/isValidCommitMessage.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import isValidCommitMessage from "../isValidCommitMesage";
 
 test("should be able to correctly validate the commit message", () => {
+    expect(isValidCommitMessage("chore(nice-one): doing this right")).toBe(true);
     expect(isValidCommitMessage("fix: menu must open on shortcut press")).toBe(true);
     expect(isValidCommitMessage("something: should not work")).toBe(false);
     expect(isValidCommitMessage("fixes something")).toBe(false);
@@ -9,4 +10,5 @@ test("should be able to correctly validate the commit message", () => {
     expect(isValidCommitMessage("🚧 fix(menus): menu must open on shortcut press")).toBe(true);
     expect(isValidCommitMessage("🚧 fixing something")).toBe(false);
     expect(isValidCommitMessage("🚧 something: should not work")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isValidCommitMessage("chorz: 123")).toBe(false);
 });
diff --git a/src/isValidCommitMesage.ts b/src/isValidCommitMesage.ts
index e3eaac3..b9b11f9 100644
--- a/src/isValidCommitMesage.ts
+++ b/src/isValidCommitMesage.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ const isValidCommitMessage = (message, availableTypes = DEFAULT_COMMIT_TYPES): b
     possiblyValidCommitType = possiblyValidCommitType.toLowerCase();
 
     // Let's remove scope if present.
-    if (possiblyValidCommitType.match(/\([a-z]*?\)/)) {
-        possiblyValidCommitType = possiblyValidCommitType.replace(/\([a-z]*?\)/, "");
+    if (possiblyValidCommitType.match(/\(\S*?\)/)) {
+        possiblyValidCommitType = possiblyValidCommitType.replace(/\(\S*?\)/, "");
     }
 
     possiblyValidCommitType = possiblyValidCommitType