diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index a80475ea0..b5aae36b6 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -559,8 +559,10 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, golden=True, limit_pings=0, showmore=False, count_emojis
 			continue
 
 		#don't allow something like this [https://rԁrama.net/leaderboard](https://iplogger.org/1fRKk7)
-		if not snappy and tldextract.extract(str(link.string)).registered_domain:
-			link.string = href
+		if not snappy:
+			string_domain = tldextract.extract(str(link.string)).registered_domain
+			if string_domain and string_domain != tldextract.extract(href).registered_domain:
+				link.string = href
 
 		#insert target="_blank" and ref="nofollower noopener" for external link
 		if not href.startswith('/') and not href.startswith(f'{SITE_FULL}/'):