diff --git a/content/bookmarks.js b/content/bookmarks.js
index 0cc68505..96a3bb9f 100644
--- a/content/bookmarks.js
+++ b/content/bookmarks.js
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ vimperator.Bookmarks = function () //{{{
                 load();
 
             // if no protocol specified, default to http://, isn't there a better way?
-            if (!/^\w+:/.test(url))
+            if (!/^[\w-]+:/.test(url))
                 url = "http://" + url;
 
             try
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ vimperator.Bookmarks = function () //{{{
                 return false;
             }
 
+            // update the display of our "bookmarked" symbol
+            vimperator.statusline.updateUrl();
+
             //also update bookmark cache
             bookmarks.unshift([url, title, keyword, tags || []]);
             return true;
@@ -167,9 +170,6 @@ vimperator.Bookmarks = function () //{{{
                 this.add(title, url);
                 vimperator.commandline.echo("Added bookmark: " + url + extra, vimperator.commandline.HL_NORMAL, vimperator.commandline.FORCE_SINGLELINE);
             }
-
-            // update the display of our "bookmarked" symbol
-            vimperator.statusline.updateUrl();
         },
 
         isBookmarked: function(url)
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ vimperator.Bookmarks = function () //{{{
             if (count.value > 0)
                 load();
 
+            // update the display of our "bookmarked" symbol
+            vimperator.statusline.updateUrl();
+
             return count.value;
         },