diff --git a/internal/tui/session.go b/internal/tui/session.go
index 2b6db15b1..7501769e1 100644
--- a/internal/tui/session.go
+++ b/internal/tui/session.go
@@ -2,34 +2,27 @@ package tui
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"net/url"
-	"strings"
 
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/internal/config"
 	"github.com/gliderlabs/ssh"
 )
 
+// SessionHandler handles the bubble tea session.
 func SessionHandler(cfg *config.Config) func(ssh.Session) (tea.Model, []tea.ProgramOption) {
 	return func(s ssh.Session) (tea.Model, []tea.ProgramOption) {
+		pty, _, active := s.Pty()
+		if !active {
+			fmt.Println("not active")
+			return nil, nil
+		}
 		cmd := s.Command()
 		scfg := &SessionConfig{Session: s}
 		switch len(cmd) {
 		case 0:
 			scfg.InitialRepo = ""
 		case 1:
-			p, err := url.Parse(cmd[0])
-			if err != nil || strings.Contains(p.Path, "/") {
-				return nil, nil
-			}
 			scfg.InitialRepo = cmd[0]
-		default:
-			return nil, nil
-		}
-		pty, _, active := s.Pty()
-		if !active {
-			fmt.Println("not active")
-			return nil, nil
 		}
 		scfg.Width = pty.Window.Width
 		scfg.Height = pty.Window.Height