diff --git a/public/scripts/ui.js b/public/scripts/ui.js
index ae63a0e..9cf0b3b 100644
--- a/public/scripts/ui.js
+++ b/public/scripts/ui.js
@@ -2014,10 +2014,19 @@ class ReceiveTextDialog extends Dialog {
 
         // Beautify text if text is short
         if (text.length < 2000) {
-            // replace urls with actual links
-            this.$text.innerHTML = this.$text.innerHTML.replace(/((https?:\/\/|www)[ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789\-._~:\/?#\[\]@!$&'()*+,;=]+)/g, url => {
-                return `<a href="${url}" target="_blank">${url}</a>`;
-            });
+            // replace URLs with actual links
+            this.$text.innerHTML = this.$text.innerHTML
+                .replace(/(^|(?<=(<br>|\s)))(https?:\/\/|www.)(([a-z]|[A-Z]|[0-9]|[\-_~:\/?#\[\]@!$&'()*+,;=%]){2,}\.)(([a-z]|[A-Z]|[0-9]|[\-_~:\/?#\[\]@!$&'()*+,;=%.]){2,})/g,
+                (url) => {
+                        let link = url;
+
+                        // prefix www.example.com with http protocol to prevent it from being a relative link
+                        if (link.startsWith('www')) {
+                            link = "http://" + link
+                        }
+
+                        return `<a href="${link}" target="_blank">${url}</a>`;
+                });
         }
 
         this._evaluateOverflowing(this.$text);
@@ -2048,6 +2057,7 @@ class ReceiveTextDialog extends Dialog {
     }
 
     hide() {
+        // Todo: clear text field
         super.hide();
         setTimeout(() => this._dequeueRequests(), 500);
     }