diff --git a/src/modules/fedimbed.js b/src/modules/fedimbed.js
index 6a60707..7d4687d 100644
--- a/src/modules/fedimbed.js
+++ b/src/modules/fedimbed.js
@@ -118,6 +118,34 @@ async function signedFetch(url, options) {
   return await fetch(url, options);
 }
 
+function htmlToMarkdown(str) {
+  // FIXME: stop being lazy and use an html parser
+  str = str.replace(/<a .*?href="([^"]+?)".*?>(.+?)<\/a>/gi, (_, url, text) =>
+    url == text ? url : `[${text}](${url})`
+  );
+  str = str.replace(
+    /<img .*?src="([^"]+?)".*?(alt|title)="([^"]+?)".*?\/>/gi,
+    "[$3]($1)"
+  );
+  str = str.replace(/<\/?\s*br\s*\/?>/gi, "\n");
+  str = str.replace(
+    /<blockquote.*?>((.|\n)*?)<\/blockquote>/gi,
+    (_, quote) => "> " + quote.split("\n").join("\n> ")
+  );
+  str = str.replace(/<\/p><p>/gi, "\n\n");
+  str = str.replace(/<ol>/gi, "\n");
+  str = str.replace(/<li>/gi, "- ");
+  str = str.replace(/<\/li>/gi, "\n");
+  str = str.replace(/<\/?code>/gi, "`");
+  str = str.replace(/<\/?em>/gi, "*");
+  str = str.replace(/<\/?u>/gi, "__");
+  str = str.replace(/<\/?s>/gi, "~~");
+  str = str.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/gi, "");
+  str = parseHtmlEntities(str);
+  // whyyyyyyyyyyyy
+  str = str.replace(/\[https?:\/\/.+?\]\((https?:\/\/.+?)\)/gi, "$1");
+}
+
 async function processUrl(msg, url, spoiler = false) {
   let invalidUrl = false;
   let urlObj;
@@ -630,37 +658,13 @@ async function processUrl(msg, url, spoiler = false) {
   content = content ?? "";
   cw = cw ?? "";
 
-  // FIXME: stop being lazy and use an html parser
-  content = content.replace(
-    /<a .*?href="([^"]+?)".*?>(.+?)<\/a>/gi,
-    (_, url, text) => (url == text ? url : `[${text}](${url})`)
-  );
-  content = content.replace(
-    /<img .*?src="([^"]+?)".*?(alt|title)="([^"]+?)".*?\/>/gi,
-    "[$3]($1)"
-  );
-  content = content.replace(/<\/?\s*br\s*\/?>/gi, "\n");
-  content = content.replace(
-    /<blockquote.*?>((.|\n)*?)<\/blockquote>/gi,
-    (_, quote) => "> " + quote.split("\n").join("\n> ")
-  );
-  content = content.replace(/<\/p><p>/gi, "\n\n");
-  content = content.replace(/<ol>/gi, "\n");
-  content = content.replace(/<li>/gi, "- ");
-  content = content.replace(/<\/li>/gi, "\n");
-  content = content.replace(/<\/?code>/gi, "`");
-  content = content.replace(/<\/?em>/gi, "*");
-  content = content.replace(/<\/?u>/gi, "__");
-  content = content.replace(/<\/?s>/gi, "~~");
-  content = content.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/gi, "");
-  content = parseHtmlEntities(content);
+  content = htmlToMarkdown(content);
 
   for (const emote of emotes) {
     content = content.replaceAll(emote.name, `[${emote.name}](${emote.url})`);
   }
 
-  cw = cw.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/gi, "");
-  cw = parseHtmlEntities(cw);
+  cw = htmlToMarkdown(cw);
 
   let desc = "";
   let MAX_LENGTH = 3999;