diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index 81b581cdbd..9e5f5a3711 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function bbcode($Text) {
 	// Perform URL Search
 
 
-	$Text = preg_replace("/([^\]\=]|^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\.\=\_\~\#\'\%]*)/", ' <a href="$2" >$2</a>', $Text);
+	$Text = preg_replace("/([^\]\=]|^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\.\=\_\~\#\'\%]+)/", ' <a href="$2" >$2</a>', $Text);
 
 	$Text = preg_replace("/\[url\]([$URLSearchString]*)\[\/url\]/", '<a href="$1" >$1</a>', $Text);
 	$Text = preg_replace("(\[url\=([$URLSearchString]*)\](.+?)\[/url\])", '<a href="$1" >$2</a>', $Text);