diff --git a/src/ui/window_list.c b/src/ui/window_list.c
index 4898f7a5..ce5560ef 100644
--- a/src/ui/window_list.c
+++ b/src/ui/window_list.c
@@ -1316,6 +1316,12 @@ wins_add_urls_ac(const ProfWin* const win, const ProfMessage* const message, con
     while (g_match_info_matches(match_info)) {
         auto_gchar gchar* word = g_match_info_fetch(match_info, 0);
 
+        // cut string at '>' from url since they are sometimes enclosed in <>
+        gchar* f = g_utf8_strchr(word, -1, '>');
+        if (f) {
+            *f = '\0';
+        }
+
         if (flip) {
             autocomplete_add_unsorted(win->urls_ac, word, FALSE);
         } else {