diff --git a/lib/email_cook.rb b/lib/email_cook.rb
index 0e8dad21ec7..56eca025fcf 100644
--- a/lib/email_cook.rb
+++ b/lib/email_cook.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 class EmailCook
 
   def self.url_regexp
-    /^((?:https?:(?:\/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\d{0,3}[.])(?:[^\s()<>]+|\([^\s()<>]+\))+(?:\([^\s()<>]+\)|[^`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’\s]))/
+    /((?:https?:(?:\/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\d{0,3}[.])(?:[^\s()<>]+|\([^\s()<>]+\))+(?:\([^\s()<>]+\)|[^`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’\s]))/
   end
 
   def initialize(raw)
diff --git a/spec/components/email_cook_spec.rb b/spec/components/email_cook_spec.rb
index 3f46781e2da..15844764d19 100644
--- a/spec/components/email_cook_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/email_cook_spec.rb
@@ -30,4 +30,8 @@ LONG_COOKED
   it 'autolinks' do
     expect(EmailCook.new("https://www.eviltrout.com").cook).to eq("<a href='https://www.eviltrout.com'>https://www.eviltrout.com</a><br>")
   end
+
+  it 'autolinks without the beginning of a line' do
+    expect(EmailCook.new("my site: https://www.eviltrout.com").cook).to eq("my site: <a href='https://www.eviltrout.com'>https://www.eviltrout.com</a><br>")
+  end
 end