diff --git a/files/templates/admin/badge_grant.html b/files/templates/admin/badge_grant.html
index 11c4e6349..9987aa7f7 100644
--- a/files/templates/admin/badge_grant.html
+++ b/files/templates/admin/badge_grant.html
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 </table>
 
 <label for="input-url">URL</label><br>
-<input autocomplete="off" id="input-url" class="form-control" type="text" name="url" placeholder="Optional">
+<input autocomplete="off" id="input-url" class="form-control" type="text" name="url" type="url" placeholder="Optional">
 
 <label for="input-description">Custom description</label><br>
 <input autocomplete="off" id="input-description" class="form-control" type="text" name="description" placeholder="Leave blank for badge default">
diff --git a/files/templates/admin/badge_remove.html b/files/templates/admin/badge_remove.html
index 395871e69..14654b8c4 100644
--- a/files/templates/admin/badge_remove.html
+++ b/files/templates/admin/badge_remove.html
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 </table>
 
 <label for="input-url">URL</label><br>
-<input autocomplete="off" id="input-url" class="form-control" type="text" name="url" placeholder="Optional">
+<input autocomplete="off" id="input-url" class="form-control" type="text" name="url" type="url" placeholder="Optional">
 
 <label for="input-description">Custom description</label><br>
 <input autocomplete="off" id="input-description" class="form-control" type="text" name="description" placeholder="Leave blank for badge default">
diff --git a/files/templates/submit.html b/files/templates/submit.html
index 0e9f99633..6d7f53f31 100644
--- a/files/templates/submit.html
+++ b/files/templates/submit.html
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 
 												<div id="urlblock">
 														<label for="URL" class="mt-3">URL</label>
-														<input autocomplete="off" class="form-control" id="post-url" aria-describedby="URLHelp" name="url" placeholder="Optional if you have text." value="{{request.values.get('url','')}}" required oninput="checkForRequired();hide_image();autoSuggestTitle();savetext()">
+														<input autocomplete="off" class="form-control" id="post-url" aria-describedby="URLHelp" name="url" type="url" placeholder="Optional if you have text." value="{{request.values.get('url','')}}" required oninput="checkForRequired();hide_image();autoSuggestTitle();savetext()">
 														<small class="form-text text-muted">To post an image, use a direct image link such as i.imgur.com</small>
 												</div>
 												<div id="image-upload-block">