diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index 3619015ca9..6c26dabfeb 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function bbcode($Text,$preserve_nl = false) {
 	// Perform URL Search
 
 
-	$Text = preg_replace("/([^\]\=]|^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\.\=\_\~\#\'\%\$\!\+\,]+)/", ' <a href="$2" target="external-link">$2</a>', $Text);
+	$Text = preg_replace("/([^\]\=]|^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\.\=\_\~\#\%\$\!\+\,]+)/", ' <a href="$2" target="external-link">$1$2</a>', $Text);
 
 	$Text = preg_replace("/\[url\]([$URLSearchString]*)\[\/url\]/", '<a href="$1" target="external-link">$1</a>', $Text);
 	$Text = preg_replace("(\[url\=([$URLSearchString]*)\](.*?)\[/url\])", '<a href="$1" target="external-link">$2</a>', $Text);