diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6baaa87b..b8ac12bc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
     * IMPORTANT: renamed Startup and Quit autocmd events to VimperatorEnter and
       VimperatorLeave respectively
 
+    * remove spaces and newlines when open urls starting with http:// or similar
+	  before :o http://linux .com would search for http://linux and for .com, now
+	  it just opens linux.com. Also handy when pasting broken urls with p or P.
     * add 'wildcase' option
     * 'linkbgcolor', 'linkfgcolor', ... have been replaced with highlight
       groups, HintElem and HintActive
diff --git a/content/util.js b/content/util.js
index cfcde112..e1bff7eb 100644
--- a/content/util.js
+++ b/content/util.js
@@ -470,6 +470,10 @@ const util = { //{{{
             }
             catch (e) {}
 
+            // removes spaces from the string if it starts with http:// or something like that
+            if (/^\w+:\/\//.test(urls[url]))
+                urls[url] = urls[url].replace(/\s+/g, "");
+
             // strip each 'URL' - makes things simpler later on
             urls[url] = urls[url].replace(/^\s+/, "").replace(/\s+$/, "");