diff --git a/src/snek/system/template.py b/src/snek/system/template.py
index 8994528..69222b6 100644
--- a/src/snek/system/template.py
+++ b/src/snek/system/template.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ def set_link_target_blank(text):
     
 
 def linkify_https(text):
+    if not "https://" in text:
+        return text 
     url_pattern = r'(?<!["\'])\bhttps://[^\s<>()]+'
 
     soup = BeautifulSoup(text, 'html.parser')