diff --git a/plugins/urlparse.py b/plugins/urlparse.py
index d8ba986..8fb29e9 100755
--- a/plugins/urlparse.py
+++ b/plugins/urlparse.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def parse(match):
         except:
             return "fail"
 
-@hook.regex(r'(^[^\.])([a-zA-Z]://|www\.)?[^ ]+(\.[a-z]+)(\/)?(.*)')
+@hook.regex(r'([a-zA-Z]://|www\.)?[^ ]+(\.[a-z]+)(\/)?(.*)')
 def urlparser(match, say=None):
     url = urlnorm.normalize(match.group().encode('utf-8'))
     if url[:7] != "http://":