diff --git a/src/helpers.c b/src/helpers.c
index 8a114586..2b824757 100644
--- a/src/helpers.c
+++ b/src/helpers.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ gchar* magic_uri(const gchar* uri, gboolean search)
     if(!strstr(uri, "://"))
     {
         // Do we have a domain, ip address or localhost?
-        if(strstr(uri, ".") != NULL || !strcmp(uri, "localhost"))
+        if(strchr(uri, '.') != NULL || !strcmp(uri, "localhost"))
             return g_strconcat("http://", uri, NULL);
         // We don't want to search? So return early.
         if(!search)
diff --git a/src/webView.c b/src/webView.c
index 54870fce..be91e220 100644
--- a/src/webView.c
+++ b/src/webView.c
@@ -259,8 +259,7 @@ gboolean on_webView_button_press_after(GtkWidget* webView, GdkEventButton* event
         GtkClipboard* clipboard = gtk_clipboard_get(GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY);
         gchar* text = gtk_clipboard_wait_for_text(clipboard);
         gchar* uri = NULL;
-        if(text && g_regex_match_simple("^[^ ]*$", text
-         , G_REGEX_CASELESS, G_REGEX_MATCH_NOTEMPTY))
+        if(text && strchr(text, '.') && !strchr(text, ' '))
             uri = magic_uri(text, FALSE);
         g_free(text);
         if(uri)