diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/nl/astraeus/markdown/parser/Paragraph.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/nl/astraeus/markdown/parser/Paragraph.kt
index f5c8a50..b8c8f05 100644
--- a/src/commonMain/kotlin/nl/astraeus/markdown/parser/Paragraph.kt
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/nl/astraeus/markdown/parser/Paragraph.kt
@@ -133,8 +133,12 @@ private val states = listOf(
 
     if (content.contains("@") and content.contains(".")) {
       Link("mailto:$content", content)
-    } else {
+    } else if (content.startsWith("http://") ||
+      content.startsWith("https://")
+    ) {
       Link(content, content)
+    } else {
+      Text("<$content>")
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/src/commonTest/kotlin/nl/astraeus/markdown/parser/ParseTest.kt b/src/commonTest/kotlin/nl/astraeus/markdown/parser/ParseTest.kt
index bf71c2d..85dc6b6 100644
--- a/src/commonTest/kotlin/nl/astraeus/markdown/parser/ParseTest.kt
+++ b/src/commonTest/kotlin/nl/astraeus/markdown/parser/ParseTest.kt
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ class ParseTest {
   @Test
   fun testAutlinks() {
     val input = """
-      Dit is een text met <info@example.com> mail autolink and <http://www.nu.nl> http autolink.
+      Dit is een text met <info@example.com> mail autolink and <http://www.nu.nl> http autolink and <nonsense> autolink.
       """.trimIndent()
 
     val md = markdown(input)