diff --git a/inc/functions.php b/inc/functions.php
index fb701037..d7136fa7 100644
--- a/inc/functions.php
+++ b/inc/functions.php
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@
 			$markup_urls = Array();
 			
 			$body = preg_replace_callback(
-					'/((?:https?:\/\/|ftp:\/\/|irc:\/\/)[^\s<>()"]*?(?:\([^\s<>()"]*?\)[^\s<>()"]*?)*)((?:\s|<|>|"|\.||\]|!|\?|,|&#44;|&quot;)*(?:[\s<>()"]|$))/',
+					'/((?:https?:\/\/|ftp:\/\/|irc:\/\/)[^\s<>()"]+?(?:\([^\s<>()"]*?\)[^\s<>()"]*?)*)((?:\s|<|>|"|\.||\]|!|\?|,|&#44;|&quot;)*(?:[\s<>()"]|$))/',
 					'markup_url',
 					$body,
 					-1,