diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/utils/urlUtils.ts b/packages/nc-gui/utils/urlUtils.ts
index 1d21a98848..9d13496b1c 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/utils/urlUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/utils/urlUtils.ts
@@ -5,25 +5,31 @@ export const replaceUrlsWithLink = (text: string): boolean | string => {
   }
   const rawText = text.toString()
 
-  // create a temporary element to sanitise the string
-  // by encoding any html code
+  // Create a temporary element to sanitize the string by encoding any HTML code
   const tempEl = document.createElement('div')
   tempEl.textContent = rawText
   const sanitisedText = tempEl.innerHTML
 
-  let found = false
-  const out = sanitisedText.replace(/URI::\(([^)]+)\)(?: LABEL::\(([^)]*)\))?/g, (_, url, label) => {
-    found = true
+  const protocolRegex = /^(https?|ftp|mailto|file):\/\//
+
+  const out = sanitisedText.replace(/URI::\(([^)]*)\)(?: LABEL::\(([^)]*)\))?/g, (_, url, label) => {
+    if (!url.trim() && !label) {
+      return ' '
+    }
+
+    const fullUrl = protocolRegex.test(url) ? url : url.trim() ? `http://${url}` : ''
+    const anchorLabel = label || url || ''
+
     const a = document.createElement('a')
-    a.textContent = label || url // Use the label if it exists and is not empty, otherwise use the URL
-    a.setAttribute('href', url)
+    a.textContent = anchorLabel
+    a.setAttribute('href', fullUrl)
     a.setAttribute('class', ' nc-cell-field-link')
     a.setAttribute('target', '_blank')
     a.setAttribute('rel', 'noopener,noreferrer')
     return a.outerHTML
   })
 
-  return found && out
+  return out
 }
 
 export const isValidURL = (str: string, extraProps?) => {