Complex password handling

[gsrmf]

Recently updated this module and set the configuration again, failing to connect with the following error

Error: Password contains an illegal unescaped character
    at parseConnectionString (/home/mfdev/.pm2/modules/pm2-mongodb/node_modules/mongodb/lib/url_parser.js:298:13)
    at parseHandler (/home/mfdev/.pm2/modules/pm2-mongodb/node_modules/mongodb/lib/url_parser.js:129:14)
    at module.exports (/home/mfdev/.pm2/modules/pm2-mongodb/node_modules/mongodb/lib/url_parser.js:25:12)
    at deprecated (internal/util.js:47:15)
    at connect (/home/mfdev/.pm2/modules/pm2-mongodb/node_modules/mongodb/lib/operations/mongo_client_ops.js:180:3)
    at connectOp (/home/mfdev/.pm2/modules/pm2-mongodb/node_modules/mongodb/lib/operations/mongo_client_ops.js:284:3)
    at /home/mfdev/.pm2/modules/pm2-mongodb/node_modules/mongodb/lib/utils.js:437:24
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at executeOperation (/home/mfdev/.pm2/modules/pm2-mongodb/node_modules/mongodb/lib/utils.js:432:10)
    at MongoClient.connect (/home/mfdev/.pm2/modules/pm2-mongodb/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongo_client.js:168:10)

Checked the configuration values and the password for the db is set up correctly

{
    "pm2-mongodb": {
        "ip": "127.0.0.1",
        "port": 27017,
        "username": "<hidden>",
        "password": "Ta7=-8u~;c-Ab*8G",
        "authDB": "admin",
        "refresh_rate": 5000,
        "probes": {
            "Repl Status": {
                "mode": "smart"
            },
            "Insert": {
                "mode": "smart"
            }
        }
    },
    "module-db": {
        "pm2-mongodb": {}
    },
    "module-db-v2": {
        "pm2-mongodb": {}
    }
}

Versions in use are as follows
OS: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
NodeJS: 8.12.0
PM2: 3.2.2
MongoDB: 3.4.16
pm2-mongodb: 1.0.1