diff --git a/src/services/utils.service.ts b/src/services/utils.service.ts
index d8312f6ab4..efabb5ff0d 100644
--- a/src/services/utils.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/utils.service.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ export class UtilsService implements UtilsServiceAbstraction {
             return null;
         }
 
+        if (uriString.indexOf('://') === -1) {
+            uriString = 'http://' + uriString;
+        }
+
         if (uriString.startsWith('http://') || uriString.startsWith('https://')) {
             try {
                 return new URL(uriString);