diff --git a/packages/ui/src/utils.ts b/packages/ui/src/utils.ts
index 285bc9a4b9..a65be75b66 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/utils.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,22 @@ export function replaceURLs (text: string): string {
   })
 }
 
+/**
+ * Parse first URL from the given text or html
+ *
+ * @example
+ * replaceURLs("github.com")
+ * returns: "http://github.com"
+ *
+ * @export
+ * @param {string} text
+ * @returns {string} string with parsed URL
+ */
+export function parseURL (text: string): string {
+  const matches = autolinker.parse(text, { urls: true })
+  return matches.length > 0 ? matches[0].getAnchorHref() : ''
+}
+
 /**
  * @public
  */
diff --git a/plugins/contact-resources/src/index.ts b/plugins/contact-resources/src/index.ts
index 96c79788bb..4f158901e2 100644
--- a/plugins/contact-resources/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/contact-resources/src/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { Class, Client, DocumentQuery, Ref, RelatedDocument, WithLookup } from '
 import login from '@hcengineering/login'
 import { IntlString, Resources, getResource } from '@hcengineering/platform'
 import { MessageBox, ObjectSearchResult, getClient, getFileUrl } from '@hcengineering/presentation'
-import { AnyComponent, AnySvelteComponent, TooltipAlignment, showPopup } from '@hcengineering/ui'
+import { AnyComponent, AnySvelteComponent, TooltipAlignment, parseURL, showPopup } from '@hcengineering/ui'
 import AccountArrayEditor from './components/AccountArrayEditor.svelte'
 import AccountBox from './components/AccountBox.svelte'
 import AssigneeBox from './components/AssigneeBox.svelte'
@@ -240,8 +240,9 @@ async function kickEmployee (doc: Employee): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 async function openChannelURL (doc: Channel): Promise<void> {
-  if (doc.value.startsWith('http://') || doc.value.startsWith('https://')) {
-    window.open(doc.value)
+  const url = parseURL(doc.value)
+  if (url.startsWith('http://') || url.startsWith('https://')) {
+    window.open(url)
   }
 }