diff --git a/utils/voice.py b/utils/voice.py
index e6f3989..13633da 100644
--- a/utils/voice.py
+++ b/utils/voice.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ def sanitize_text(text):
     """
 
     # remove any urls from the text
-    regex_urls = r"((http|https)://[^\s]+)"
+    regex_urls = r'((http|https)\:\/\/)?[a-zA-Z0-9\.\/\?\:@\-_=#]+\.([a-zA-Z]){2,6}([a-zA-Z0-9\.\&\/\?\:@\-_=#])*'
+
     result = re.sub(regex_urls, " ", text)
 
     # note: not removing apostrophes