diff --git a/src/gajim.py b/src/gajim.py
index 036e8fefe..0a0d63462 100755
--- a/src/gajim.py
+++ b/src/gajim.py
@@ -2265,10 +2265,10 @@ class Interface:
 		# NOTE: it's ok to catch www.gr such stuff exist!
 
 		#FIXME: recognize xmpp: and treat it specially
+		links = r"((?<=\()[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9\+\.\-]*:"\
+			r"([A-Za-z0-9\.\-_~:/\?#\[\]@!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|%[A-Fa-f0-9]{2})+"\
+			r"(?=\)))|([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9\+\.\-]*:([A-Za-z0-9\.\-_~:/\?#\[\]@!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|%[A-Fa-f0-9]{2})+)"
 
-		links = r"((?<=\()[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]*:"\
-			r"([A-Za-z0-9+\.-_~:/\?#\[\]@!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|%[A-Fa-f0-9]{2})+"\
-			r"(?=\)))|([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]*:([A-Za-z0-9+\.-_~:/\?#\[\]@!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|%[A-Fa-f0-9]{2})+)"
 		#2nd one: at_least_one_char@at_least_one_char.at_least_one_char
 		mail = r'\bmailto:\S*[^\s\W]|' r'\b\S+@\S+\.\S*[^\s\W]'