diff --git a/src/core/Tools.cpp b/src/core/Tools.cpp
index d29e92bff..7e2b65bcd 100644
--- a/src/core/Tools.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Tools.cpp
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ namespace Tools
 
     bool checkUrlValid(const QString& urlField)
     {
-        if (urlField.isEmpty() || urlField.startsWith("cmd://", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+        if (urlField.isEmpty() || urlField.startsWith("cmd://", Qt::CaseInsensitive)
+            || urlField.startsWith("{REF:A", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
             return true;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/TestBrowser.cpp b/tests/TestBrowser.cpp
index 3e518c1e2..95189fec7 100644
--- a/tests/TestBrowser.cpp
+++ b/tests/TestBrowser.cpp
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ void TestBrowser::testValidURLs()
     urls["http:/example.com"] = false;
     urls["cmd://C:/Toolchains/msys2/usr/bin/mintty \"ssh jon@192.168.0.1:22\""] = true;
     urls["file:///Users/testUser/Code/test.html"] = true;
+    urls["{REF:A@I:46C9B1FFBD4ABC4BBB260C6190BAD20C} "] = true;
 
     QHashIterator<QString, bool> i(urls);
     while (i.hasNext()) {