diff --git a/app/models/link.rb b/app/models/link.rb
index 09b7aa05e..9e5ed0232 100644
--- a/app/models/link.rb
+++ b/app/models/link.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ class Link < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :linkable, polymorphic: true
 
   def host
-    URI.parse(url).host
+    URI.parse(url).host || url
+  rescue URI::InvalidURIError, URI::InvalidComponentError
+    url
   end
 
   def site