diff --git a/ZMediumToMarkdown.gemspec b/ZMediumToMarkdown.gemspec
index 215bbe8..f92e5d0 100644
--- a/ZMediumToMarkdown.gemspec
+++ b/ZMediumToMarkdown.gemspec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
     gem.files         = Dir['lib/**/*.*']
     gem.executables   = ['ZMediumToMarkdown']
     gem.name          = 'ZMediumToMarkdown'
-    gem.version       = '2.1.5'
+    gem.version       = '2.1.7'
   
     gem.license       = "MIT"
   
diff --git a/lib/Parsers/MarkupStyleRender.rb b/lib/Parsers/MarkupStyleRender.rb
index c624bb0..1e6da46 100644
--- a/lib/Parsers/MarkupStyleRender.rb
+++ b/lib/Parsers/MarkupStyleRender.rb
@@ -197,28 +197,30 @@ def parse()
                     elsif markup.anchorType == "USER"
                         url = "https://medium.com/u/#{markup.userId}"
                     end
-                    
-                    lastPath = url.split("/").last
-                    lastQuery = nil
-                    if !lastPath.nil?
-                        lastQuery = lastPath.split("-").last
-                    end
-                    
-                    if !usersPostURLs.nil? && !usersPostURLs.find { |usersPostURL| usersPostURL.split("/").last.split("-").last == lastQuery }.nil?
-                        if isForJekyll
-                            url = "(../#{lastQuery}/)"
-                        else
-                            url = "(#{lastPath})"
+
+                    if url =~ /^(http|https):\/\/[a-z0-9]+([\-\.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]{2,6}(:[0-9]{1,5})?(\/.*)?$/ix
+                        lastPath = url.split("/").last
+                        lastQuery = nil
+                        if !lastPath.nil?
+                            lastQuery = lastPath.split("-").last
                         end
-                    else
-                        if isForJekyll
-                            url = "(#{url}){:target=\"_blank\"}"
+                        
+                        if !usersPostURLs.nil? && !usersPostURLs.find { |usersPostURL| usersPostURL.split("/").last.split("-").last == lastQuery }.nil?
+                            if isForJekyll
+                                url = "(../#{lastQuery}/)"
+                            else
+                                url = "(#{lastPath})"
+                            end
                         else
-                            url = "(#{url})"
+                            if isForJekyll
+                                url = "(#{url}){:target=\"_blank\"}"
+                            else
+                                url = "(#{url})"
+                            end
                         end
+                        
+                        tag = TagChar.new(1, markup.start, markup.end, "[", "]#{url}")
                     end
-
-                    tag = TagChar.new(1, markup.start, markup.end, "[", "]#{url}")
                 else
                     Helper.makeWarningText("Undefined Markup Type: #{markup.type}.")
                 end