diff --git a/lib/alchemy/configuration/regexp_option.rb b/lib/alchemy/configuration/regexp_option.rb
index c4d46748da..484a6a3ae3 100644
--- a/lib/alchemy/configuration/regexp_option.rb
+++ b/lib/alchemy/configuration/regexp_option.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,26 @@ module RegexpOption
       private
 
       def validate_regexp(value, option_name)
-        raise TypeError, "#{option_name} must be set as a Regexp, given #{value.inspect}" unless value.is_a?(Regexp)
-        value
+        raise TypeError, "#{option_name} must be set as a String or a regular expression, given #{value.inspect}" unless value.is_a?(String) || value.is_a?(Regexp)
+        if value.is_a?(String)
+          matches = /^\/(?<string>.*)\/(?<options>[mixn]*)$/m.match(value)
+          source  = matches[:string].gsub('\/', '/')
+          options = 0
+          lang    = nil
+          matches[:options].each_char do |option|
+            case option
+            when 'x' then options |= Regexp::EXTENDED
+            when 'i' then options |= Regexp::IGNORECASE
+            when 'm' then options |= Regexp::MULTILINE
+            when 'n' then options |= Regexp::NOENCODING
+            else lang = option
+            end
+          end
+          Regexp.new(*[source, options, lang].compact)
+        else
+          # It's already a regex
+          value
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/generators/alchemy/install/files/config.yml b/lib/generators/alchemy/install/files/config.yml
index d63ea23fb8..f7aa54b79f 100644
--- a/lib/generators/alchemy/install/files/config.yml
+++ b/lib/generators/alchemy/install/files/config.yml
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ link_target_options: [blank]
 #   validates_format_of :url, with: Alchemy.config.get('format_matchers')['url']
 #
 format_matchers:
-  email: !ruby/regexp '/\A[^@\s]+@([^@\s]+\.)+[^@\s]+\z/'
-  url: !ruby/regexp '/\A[a-z0-9]+([\-\.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]{2,5}(:[0-9]{1,5})?(\/.*)?\z/ix'
-  link_url: !ruby/regexp '/^(tel:|mailto:|\/|[a-z]+:\/\/)/'
+  email: /\A[^@\s]+@([^@\s]+\.)+[^@\s]+\z/
+  url: /\A[a-z0-9]+([\-\.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]{2,5}(:[0-9]{1,5})?(\/.*)?\z/ix
+  link_url: /^(tel:|mailto:|/|[a-z]+://)/
 
 # The layout used for rendering the +alchemy/admin/pages#show+ action.
 admin_page_preview_layout: application
diff --git a/spec/libraries/alchemy/configuration_spec.rb b/spec/libraries/alchemy/configuration_spec.rb
index 6b8c669f60..7dfb2e49b9 100644
--- a/spec/libraries/alchemy/configuration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/libraries/alchemy/configuration_spec.rb
@@ -173,10 +173,16 @@
       expect(configuration.email).to eq(/\A.*\z/)
     end
 
-    it "can only be set with a regexp" do
+    it "can be set with a regexp" do
       expect do
-        configuration.email = '/\A.*\z/'
-      end.to raise_exception(TypeError, /email must be set as a Regexp, given .*/)
+        configuration.email = /\A.+\z/
+      end.to change(configuration, :email).to(/\A.+\z/)
+    end
+
+    it "can be set with a string" do
+      expect do
+        configuration.email = '/\A\/+\z/i'
+      end.to change(configuration, :email).to(/\A\/+\z/i)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/libraries/alchemy/configurations/main_spec.rb b/spec/libraries/alchemy/configurations/main_spec.rb
index a2b1253a5f..901f51a553 100644
--- a/spec/libraries/alchemy/configurations/main_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/libraries/alchemy/configurations/main_spec.rb
@@ -33,4 +33,15 @@
       end.to change { subject.output_image_quality }.from(85).to(90)
     end
   end
+
+  describe "generated config.yml" do
+    let(:config_template) { Alchemy::Engine.root.join("lib", "generators", "alchemy", "install", "files", "config.yml") }
+    let(:default_config) { Alchemy::Configurations::Main.new }
+
+    it "does not change the defaults" do
+      expect do
+        default_config.set_from_yaml(config_template)
+      end.not_to change { default_config.to_h }
+    end
+  end
 end