diff --git a/view/js/linkPreview.js b/view/js/linkPreview.js
index be5cdd0a9..7644af7fe 100644
--- a/view/js/linkPreview.js
+++ b/view/js/linkPreview.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 			<div class="clear"></div>\
 			<hr class="previewseparator">';
 		var text;
-		var urlRegex = /(https?\:\/\/|\s)[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,4})(\/+[a-z0-9_.\:\;-]*)*(\?[\&\%\|\+a-z0-9_=,\.\:\;-]*)?([\&\%\|\+&a-z0-9_=,\:\;\.-]*)([\!\#\/\&\%\|\+a-z0-9_=,\:\;\.-]*)}*/i;
+		var urlRegex = /(?<!=)(https?\:\/\/|\s)[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,4})(\/+[a-z0-9_.\:\;-]*)*(\?[\&\%\|\+a-z0-9_=,\.\:\;-]*)?([\&\%\|\+&a-z0-9_=,\:\;\.-]*)([\!\#\/\&\%\|\+a-z0-9_=,\:\;\.-]*)}*/i;
 		var binurl;
 		var block = false;
 		var blockTitle = false;