diff --git a/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift b/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift
index e6e43598..f6336b9a 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@ func generateMessageMarkdown (message: String) -> String {
 				let phone = messageWithMarkdown[range]
 				messageWithMarkdown = messageWithMarkdown.replacingOccurrences(of: phone, with: "[\(phone)](tel:\(phone))")
 			} else if match.resultType == .link {
-				let url = match.url?.absoluteString ?? ""
-				if url.count > 0 {
-					messageWithMarkdown = messageWithMarkdown.replacingOccurrences(of: url, with: "[\(String(match.url?.host ?? "Link"))\(String(match.url?.path ?? ""))](\(url))")
-				}
+				let url = messageWithMarkdown[range]
+				let absoluteUrl = match.url?.absoluteString ?? ""
+				messageWithMarkdown = messageWithMarkdown.replacingOccurrences(of: url, with: "[\(String(match.url?.host ?? "Link"))\(String(match.url?.path ?? ""))](\(absoluteUrl))")
 			}
 		}
 	}