diff --git a/core/components/quip/model/quip/quipcomment.class.php b/core/components/quip/model/quip/quipcomment.class.php
index fe00b77..b4d20d1 100644
--- a/core/components/quip/model/quip/quipcomment.class.php
+++ b/core/components/quip/model/quip/quipcomment.class.php
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ public function prepare(array $properties = array(),$idx) {
         if ($this->getOption('showWebsite',$properties,true) && !empty($commentArray['website'])) {
             $commentArray['authorName'] = $this->xpdo->quip->getChunk($authorTpl,array(
                 'name' => $commentArray[$nameField],
-                'url' => $commentArray['website'],
+                'url' => 'http://'.str_replace('http://','',$commentArray['website']),
             ));
         }
 
@@ -512,4 +512,4 @@ public function prepare(array $properties = array(),$idx) {
         }
         return $commentArray;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}