diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/iv/iv_instance.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/iv/iv_instance.cpp
index 62527e35f..2362a6b61 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/iv/iv_instance.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/iv/iv_instance.cpp
@@ -838,6 +838,9 @@ void Instance::show(
 	_shownSession = session;
 	_shown->events() | rpl::start_with_next([=](Controller::Event event) {
 		using Type = Controller::Event::Type;
+		const auto lower = event.url.toLower();
+		const auto urlChecked = lower.startsWith("http://")
+			|| lower.startsWith("https://");
 		switch (event.type) {
 		case Type::Close:
 			_shown = nullptr;
@@ -852,7 +855,9 @@ void Instance::show(
 			processJoinChannel(event.context);
 			break;
 		case Type::OpenLinkExternal:
-			File::OpenUrl(event.url);
+			if (urlChecked) {
+				File::OpenUrl(event.url);
+			}
 			closeAll();
 			break;
 		case Type::OpenMedia:
@@ -891,6 +896,9 @@ void Instance::show(
 			break;
 		case Type::OpenPage:
 		case Type::OpenLink:
+			if (!urlChecked) {
+				break;
+			}
 			_shownSession->api().request(MTPmessages_GetWebPage(
 				MTP_string(event.url),
 				MTP_int(0)
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/ui/chat/attach/attach_bot_webview.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/ui/chat/attach/attach_bot_webview.cpp
index c9f3f93f8..262c852d5 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/ui/chat/attach/attach_bot_webview.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/ui/chat/attach/attach_bot_webview.cpp
@@ -800,12 +800,11 @@ void Panel::openExternalLink(const QJsonObject &args) {
 		_delegate->botClose();
 		return;
 	}
-	const auto url = args["url"].toString();
 	const auto iv = args["try_instant_view"].toBool();
+	const auto url = args["url"].toString();
 	const auto lower = url.toLower();
-	if (url.isEmpty()
-		|| (!lower.startsWith("http://") && !lower.startsWith("https://"))) {
-		LOG(("BotWebView Error: Bad 'url' in openExternalLink."));
+	if (!lower.startsWith("http://") && !lower.startsWith("https://")) {
+		LOG(("BotWebView Error: Bad url in openExternalLink: %1").arg(url));
 		_delegate->botClose();
 		return;
 	} else if (!allowOpenLink()) {