diff --git a/lib/ba-linkify/src/ba-linkify.js b/lib/ba-linkify/src/ba-linkify.js
index 32fbea3e12..461aff97fb 100644
--- a/lib/ba-linkify/src/ba-linkify.js
+++ b/lib/ba-linkify/src/ba-linkify.js
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
  * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
  * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
+ /**
+  * Note(taoalpha):
+  *
+  * To support emails with dots in the name: `foo.bar@test.com`,
+  * the match regex was modified to match `email` first before urls.
+  */
 /*!
  * JavaScript Linkify - v0.3 - 6/27/2009
  * http://benalman.com/projects/javascript-linkify/
@@ -108,7 +114,7 @@ window.linkify = (function(){
     MAILTO = "mailto:",
     EMAIL = "(?:" + MAILTO + ")?[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*@" + HOST_OR_IP + QUERY_FRAG + "(?!\\w)",
     
-    URI_RE = new RegExp( "(?:" + URI1 + "|" + URI2 + "|" + EMAIL + ")", "ig" ),
+    URI_RE = new RegExp( "(?:" + EMAIL + "|" + URI1 + "|" + URI2 + ")", "ig" ),
     SCHEME_RE = new RegExp( "^" + SCHEME, "i" ),
     
     quotes = {