diff --git a/fedilogue.go b/fedilogue.go
index 0e12385..3fc2b35 100644
--- a/fedilogue.go
+++ b/fedilogue.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ func main() {
 	spaceReg = regexp.MustCompile(`[\s\t\.]+`)
 	removeHTMLReg = regexp.MustCompile(`<\/?\s*br\s*>`)
 	re = regexp.MustCompile("^https?://([^/]*)/(.*)$")
+	matchurl = regexp.MustCompile("http?s://[\\w\\-]+\\.[\\w\\-]+\\S*")
 
 	for _, endpoint := range settings.Autostart {
 		logInfo.Print("Autostarting " + endpoint)
diff --git a/retrieve.go b/retrieve.go
index 5597a25..07edce3 100644
--- a/retrieve.go
+++ b/retrieve.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ var p *bluemonday.Policy
 var spaceReg *regexp.Regexp
 var removeHTMLReg *regexp.Regexp
 var re *regexp.Regexp
+var matchurl *regexp.Regexp
 
 type ImageType struct {
 	//	Type	string `json:"type"`
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ func check_post(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
 
 	postjson.normalized = removeHTMLReg.ReplaceAllString(postjson.Content, " ")
 	postjson.normalized = html.UnescapeString(strings.ToLower(p.Sanitize(postjson.normalized)))
+	postjson.normalized = matchurl.ReplaceAllString(postjson.normalized, "")
 	postjson.normalized = spaceReg.ReplaceAllString(postjson.normalized, " ")
 
 	_, err = pool.Exec(context.Background(), "INSERT INTO posts (id, inreplyto, published, summary, content, normalized, attributedto, posthash, instance) VALUES($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9)", postjson.ID, postjson.InReplyTo, postjson.Published, postjson.Summary, postjson.Content, postjson.normalized, postjson.AttributedTo, postjson.posthash, postjson.instance)