diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/common/github-url-identifier-helper.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/common/github-url-identifier-helper.ts
index 2499ef663fc..748ef2fad90 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/common/github-url-identifier-helper.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/common/github-url-identifier-helper.ts
@@ -50,14 +50,20 @@ function getNwoOrOwnerFromGitHubUrl(
   kind: "owner" | "nwo",
 ): string | undefined {
   try {
-    const uri = new URL(githubUrl);
-    if (uri.protocol !== "https:") {
-      return;
+    let paths: string[];
+    const urlElements = githubUrl.split("/");
+    if (
+      urlElements[0] === "github.com" ||
+      urlElements[0] === "www.github.com"
+    ) {
+      paths = githubUrl.split("/").slice(1);
+    } else {
+      const uri = new URL(githubUrl);
+      if (uri.hostname !== "github.com" && uri.hostname !== "www.github.com") {
+        return;
+      }
+      paths = uri.pathname.split("/").filter((segment: string) => segment);
     }
-    if (uri.hostname !== "github.com" && uri.hostname !== "www.github.com") {
-      return;
-    }
-    const paths = uri.pathname.split("/").filter((segment: string) => segment);
     const owner = `${paths[0]}`;
     if (kind === "owner") {
       return owner ? owner : undefined;
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/unit-tests/common/github-url-identifier-helper.test.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/unit-tests/common/github-url-identifier-helper.test.ts
index 16d24af8df8..e628e95e9ad 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/unit-tests/common/github-url-identifier-helper.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/unit-tests/common/github-url-identifier-helper.test.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ describe("github url identifier helper", () => {
   describe("getNwoFromGitHubUrl method", () => {
     it("should handle invalid urls", () => {
       expect(getNwoFromGitHubUrl("")).toBe(undefined);
-      expect(getNwoFromGitHubUrl("http://github.com/foo/bar")).toBe(undefined);
       expect(getNwoFromGitHubUrl("https://ww.github.com/foo/bar")).toBe(
         undefined,
       );
@@ -34,7 +33,10 @@ describe("github url identifier helper", () => {
     });
 
     it("should handle valid urls", () => {
+      expect(getNwoFromGitHubUrl("github.com/foo/bar")).toBe("foo/bar");
+      expect(getNwoFromGitHubUrl("www.github.com/foo/bar")).toBe("foo/bar");
       expect(getNwoFromGitHubUrl("https://github.com/foo/bar")).toBe("foo/bar");
+      expect(getNwoFromGitHubUrl("http://github.com/foo/bar")).toBe("foo/bar");
       expect(getNwoFromGitHubUrl("https://www.github.com/foo/bar")).toBe(
         "foo/bar",
       );
@@ -47,9 +49,6 @@ describe("github url identifier helper", () => {
   describe("getOwnerFromGitHubUrl method", () => {
     it("should handle invalid urls", () => {
       expect(getOwnerFromGitHubUrl("")).toBe(undefined);
-      expect(getOwnerFromGitHubUrl("http://github.com/foo/bar")).toBe(
-        undefined,
-      );
       expect(getOwnerFromGitHubUrl("https://ww.github.com/foo/bar")).toBe(
         undefined,
       );
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ describe("github url identifier helper", () => {
     });
 
     it("should handle valid urls", () => {
+      expect(getOwnerFromGitHubUrl("http://github.com/foo/bar")).toBe("foo");
       expect(getOwnerFromGitHubUrl("https://github.com/foo/bar")).toBe("foo");
       expect(getOwnerFromGitHubUrl("https://www.github.com/foo/bar")).toBe(
         "foo",
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ describe("github url identifier helper", () => {
         getOwnerFromGitHubUrl("https://github.com/foo/bar/sub/pages"),
       ).toBe("foo");
       expect(getOwnerFromGitHubUrl("https://www.github.com/foo")).toBe("foo");
+      expect(getOwnerFromGitHubUrl("github.com/foo")).toBe("foo");
+      expect(getOwnerFromGitHubUrl("www.github.com/foo")).toBe("foo");
     });
   });
 });