diff --git a/src/invidious/helpers/utils.cr b/src/invidious/helpers/utils.cr
index c1dc17db..3f44a58a 100644
--- a/src/invidious/helpers/utils.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/helpers/utils.cr
@@ -383,3 +383,11 @@ def fetch_random_instance
 
   return filtered_instance_list.sample(1)[0]
 end
+
+def make_html_with_links(baseText : String) : String
+  returnValue = baseText.dup
+  returnValue.scan(/https?:\/\/[^ \n]*/).each do |match|
+    returnValue = returnValue.sub(match[0], "<a href=\"#{match[0]}\">#{match[0]}</a>")
+  end
+  return returnValue
+end
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/channels.cr b/src/invidious/routes/channels.cr
index cd2e3323..88c394c2 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/channels.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/channels.cr
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Channels
     if !data.is_a?(Tuple)
       return data
     end
-    locale, user, subscriptions, continuation, ucid, channel = data
+    locale, user, subscriptions, continuation, ucid, channel, description = data
 
     page = env.params.query["page"]?.try &.to_i?
     page ||= 1
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Channels
       return error_template(500, ex)
     end
 
-    return {locale, user, subscriptions, continuation, ucid, channel}
+    description = make_html_with_links(channel.description_html)
+
+    return {locale, user, subscriptions, continuation, ucid, channel, description}
   end
 end
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/channel.ecr b/src/invidious/views/channel.ecr
index 40b553a9..e25ad2f1 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/channel.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/channel.ecr
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 <div class="h-box">
     <div id="descriptionWrapper">
-        <p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><%= channel.description_html %></span></p>
+        <p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><%= description %></span></p>
     </div>
 </div>