diff --git a/configuration/componentcfg/query.go b/configuration/componentcfg/query.go
index 173660a6..66970424 100644
--- a/configuration/componentcfg/query.go
+++ b/configuration/componentcfg/query.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var (
 	inputFullRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)(\/[A-Z0-9-_]+){1}(\/[a-z-A-Z0-9-_]+){1}(\/[a-z-A-Z0-9-_]+){1}(\@[0-9]+)?$`)
 	//                                          component        /RUNTYPE          /rolename
 	inputEntriesRegex    = regexp.MustCompile(`^([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)(\/[A-Z0-9-_]+){1}(\/[a-z-A-Z0-9-_]+){1}$`)
-	inputParametersRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+=[a-zA-Z0-9-_,]+)(&[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+=[a-zA-Z0-9-_,]+)*$`)
+	inputParametersRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+=[a-zA-Z0-9-_,]+)(&[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+=[a-zA-Z0-9-_,"\[\]]+)*$`)
 	E_BAD_KEY            = errors.New("bad component configuration key format")
 )
 
diff --git a/configuration/componentcfg/query_test.go b/configuration/componentcfg/query_test.go
index d273f60c..e11fe30e 100644
--- a/configuration/componentcfg/query_test.go
+++ b/configuration/componentcfg/query_test.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ var _ = Describe("query", func() {
 
 		When("creating new valid query parameters", func() {
 			BeforeEach(func() {
-				q, err = componentcfg.NewQueryParameters("process=true&a=aaa&b=123&C_D3=C,C,C")
+				q, err = componentcfg.NewQueryParameters("process=true&a=aaa&b=123&C_D3=C,C,C&detectors=[\"MCH\",\"MID\"]")
 			})
 			It("should be parsed without reporting errors", func() {
 				Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ var _ = Describe("query", func() {
 				Expect(q.VarStack["a"]).To(Equal("aaa"))
 				Expect(q.VarStack["b"]).To(Equal("123"))
 				Expect(q.VarStack["C_D3"]).To(Equal("C,C,C"))
+				Expect(q.VarStack["detectors"]).To(Equal("[\"MCH\",\"MID\"]"))
 			})
 		})