diff --git a/ui/src/utils.ts b/ui/src/utils.ts
index cf290882..350a8205 100644
--- a/ui/src/utils.ts
+++ b/ui/src/utils.ts
@@ -116,13 +116,11 @@ export function isVideo(url: string) {
 }
 
 export function validURL(str: string) {
-  var pattern = new RegExp('^(https?:\\/\\/)?'+ // protocol
-    '((([a-z\\d]([a-z\\d-]*[a-z\\d])*)\\.)+[a-z]{2,}|'+ // domain name
-    '((\\d{1,3}\\.){3}\\d{1,3}))'+ // OR ip (v4) address
-    '(\\:\\d+)?(\\/[-a-z\\d%_.~+]*)*'+ // port and path
-    '(\\?[;&a-z\\d%_.~+=-]*)?'+ // query string
-    '(\\#[-a-z\\d_]*)?$','i'); // fragment locator
-  return !!pattern.test(str);
+  try {
+    return !!new URL(str);
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
 }
 
 export function capitalizeFirstLetter(str: string): string {