diff --git a/view/js/linkPreview.js b/view/js/linkPreview.js
index c018563848..09493eebad 100644
--- a/view/js/linkPreview.js
+++ b/view/js/linkPreview.js
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 			<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 binurl;
 		var block = false;
 		var blockTitle = false;
diff --git a/view/js/main.js b/view/js/main.js
index e2cee43d54..7e84a08d87 100644
--- a/view/js/main.js
+++ b/view/js/main.js
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ var last_popup_menu = null;
 var last_popup_button = null;
 var lockLoadContent = false;
 
+const 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;
+
 $(function() {
 	$.ajaxSetup({cache: false});