diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 1e92dbe6a..442f11e1e 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, alert=False, comment=False, edit=False):
 	for rd in ["://reddit.com", "://new.reddit.com", "://www.reddit.com", "://redd.it", "://libredd.it", "://teddit.net"]:
 		sanitized = sanitized.replace(rd, "://old.reddit.com")
 
-	sanitized = normalize_url(sanitized)
+	sanitized = sanitized.replace("nitter.net", "twitter.com").replace("old.reddit.com/gallery", "reddit.com/gallery").replace("https://youtu.be/", "https://youtube.com/watch?v=").replace("https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=", "https://youtube.com/watch?v=").replace("https://streamable.com/", "https://streamable.com/e/").replace("https://youtube.com/shorts/", "https://youtube.com/watch?v=").replace("https://mobile.twitter", "https://twitter").replace("https://m.facebook", "https://facebook").replace("m.wikipedia.org", "wikipedia.org").replace("https://m.youtube", "https://youtube").replace("https://www.youtube", "https://youtube").replace("https://www.twitter", "https://twitter").replace("https://www.instagram", "https://instagram").replace("https://www.tiktok", "https://tiktok")
 
 	sanitized = sanitized.replace('&','&')