diff --git a/src/components/NcRichText/NcReferenceList.vue b/src/components/NcRichText/NcReferenceList.vue
index f01abc7c7f..698f1ff5d5 100644
--- a/src/components/NcRichText/NcReferenceList.vue
+++ b/src/components/NcRichText/NcReferenceList.vue
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ export default {
 				richObjectType: 'open-graph',
 			}
 		},
+		fullUrl() {
+			return new URL(this.text.trim(), window.location)
+		},
 	},
 	watch: {
 		text: 'fetch',
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ export default {
 				return
 			}
 
-			if (!(new RegExp(URL_PATTERN).exec(this.text))) {
+			if (!(new RegExp(URL_PATTERN).exec(this.fullUrl.href))) {
 				this.loading = false
 				return
 			}
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ export default {
 			})
 		},
 		resolve() {
-			const match = (new RegExp(URL_PATTERN).exec(this.text.trim()))
+			const match = (new RegExp(URL_PATTERN).exec(this.fullUrl.href))
 			if (this.limit === 1 && match) {
 				return axios.get(generateOcsUrl('references/resolve', 2) + `?reference=${encodeURIComponent(match[0])}`)
 			}