diff --git a/src/shortener/views.py b/src/shortener/views.py
index a25a617..b3147cc 100644
--- a/src/shortener/views.py
+++ b/src/shortener/views.py
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         template = "shortener/home.html"
         if form.is_valid():
             new_url = form.cleaned_data.get("url")
+            # checks incoming url against three variants x.com*, www.x.com* and http://x.com*. 
+            if "http" in new_url:
+				new_value = new_url
+			else:
+				if "www" in new_url:
+					new_value = new_url
+				else:
+					new_value = 'www.' + new_url
+				new_value = 'http://' + new_value
+    
             obj, created = KirrURL.objects.get_or_create(url=new_url)
             context = {
                 "object": obj,