diff --git a/src/utils/note.test.ts b/src/utils/note.test.ts
index 58c39359..da922741 100644
--- a/src/utils/note.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/note.test.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,15 @@ Deno.test('parseNoteContent', () => {
 });
 
 Deno.test('parseNoteContent parses URLs', () => {
-  const { html } = parseNoteContent(`check out my website: https://alexgleason.me`, []);
+  const { html } = parseNoteContent('check out my website: https://alexgleason.me', []);
   assertEquals(html, 'check out my website: <a href="https://alexgleason.me">https://alexgleason.me</a>');
 });
 
+Deno.test('parseNoteContent parses bare URLs', () => {
+  const { html } = parseNoteContent('have you seen ditto.pub?', []);
+  assertEquals(html, 'have you seen <a href="http://ditto.pub">ditto.pub</a>?');
+});
+
 Deno.test('parseNoteContent parses mentions with apostrophes', () => {
   const { html } = parseNoteContent(
     `did you see nostr:nprofile1qqsqgc0uhmxycvm5gwvn944c7yfxnnxm0nyh8tt62zhrvtd3xkj8fhgprdmhxue69uhkwmr9v9ek7mnpw3hhytnyv4mz7un9d3shjqgcwaehxw309ahx7umywf5hvefwv9c8qtmjv4kxz7gpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43z7s3al0v's speech?`,
diff --git a/src/utils/note.ts b/src/utils/note.ts
index b0b075d9..d64f3dcd 100644
--- a/src/utils/note.ts
+++ b/src/utils/note.ts
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ function parseNoteContent(content: string, mentions: MastodonMention[]): ParsedN
                 return html`<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="${href}" rel="ugc">@<span>${name}</span></a></span>${extra}`;
               }
             }
+            return content;
           }
-          return content;
         } catch {
           // fallthrough
         }