diff --git a/SwiftBar/MenuBar/MenuBarItem.swift b/SwiftBar/MenuBar/MenuBarItem.swift
index 0f901ea..fff2b1b 100644
--- a/SwiftBar/MenuBar/MenuBarItem.swift
+++ b/SwiftBar/MenuBar/MenuBarItem.swift
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ extension MenubarItem {
             }
         }
 
-        if let href = params.href, case let url = URL(string: href) ?? URL(fileURLWithPath: href), url.absoluteString != "." {
+        if let url = params.href?.getURL(), url.absoluteString != "." {
             if params.webView {
                 showWebPopover(url: url, widht: params.webViewWidth, height: params.webViewHeight)
             } else {
diff --git a/SwiftBar/Utility/String+Escaped.swift b/SwiftBar/Utility/String+Escaped.swift
index cca1118..3f886f1 100644
--- a/SwiftBar/Utility/String+Escaped.swift
+++ b/SwiftBar/Utility/String+Escaped.swift
@@ -6,3 +6,19 @@ extension String {
         return "'\(self)'"
     }
 }
+
+extension String {
+    func getURL() -> URL? {
+        if let url = URL(string: self) {
+            return url
+        }
+
+        var characterSet = CharacterSet.urlHostAllowed
+        characterSet.formUnion(.urlPathAllowed)
+        if let str = addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: characterSet) {
+            return URL(string: str)
+        }
+
+        return nil
+    }
+}