diff --git a/Libraries/LibWebView/URL.cpp b/Libraries/LibWebView/URL.cpp
index 59ae21c5efb..d7cab3b727f 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWebView/URL.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWebView/URL.cpp
@@ -39,14 +39,12 @@ Optional<URL::URL> sanitize_url(StringView url, Optional<StringView> search_engi
     }
 
     ByteString url_with_scheme = url;
-    if (!(url_with_scheme.starts_with("about:"sv) || url_with_scheme.contains("://"sv) || url_with_scheme.starts_with("data:"sv)))
+    if (!(url_with_scheme.starts_with("about:"sv) || url_with_scheme.contains("://"sv) || url_with_scheme.starts_with("data:"sv) || url_with_scheme.contains("."sv)) {
         url_with_scheme = ByteString::formatted("https://{}"sv, url_with_scheme);
-
-    auto result = URL::create_with_url_or_path(url_with_scheme);
-    if (!result.is_valid())
-        return format_search_engine();
-
-    return result;
+        return URL::create_with_url_or_path(url_with_scheme);
+    }
+    
+    return format_search_engine();;
 }
 
 Vector<URL::URL> sanitize_urls(ReadonlySpan<ByteString> raw_urls, URL::URL const& new_tab_page_url)