diff --git a/src/domain/session/room/timeline/deserialize.js b/src/domain/session/room/timeline/deserialize.js
index ce690732..3ef22b02 100644
--- a/src/domain/session/room/timeline/deserialize.js
+++ b/src/domain/session/room/timeline/deserialize.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { linkify } from "./linkify/linkify.js";
  */
 const basicInline = ["EM", "STRONG", "CODE", "DEL", "SPAN" ];
 const basicBlock = ["DIV", "BLOCKQUOTE"];
-const safeSchemas = ["https", "http", "ftp", "mailto", "magnet"].map(name => `${name}://`);
+const safeSchemas = ["matrix", "https", "http", "ftp", "mailto", "magnet"].map(name => `${name}:`);
 const baseUrl = 'https://matrix.to';
 const linkPrefix = `${baseUrl}/#/`;
 
diff --git a/src/platform/web/parsehtml.js b/src/platform/web/parsehtml.js
index ec30b2c9..b01f4b9c 100644
--- a/src/platform/web/parsehtml.js
+++ b/src/platform/web/parsehtml.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class HTMLParseResult {
 }
 
 const sanitizeConfig = {
-    ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP: /^(?:(?:(?:f|ht)tps?|mailto|tel|callto|cid|xmpp|xxx|mxc):|[^a-z]|[a-z+.-]+(?:[^a-z+.-:]|$))/i,
+    ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP: /^(?:(?:(?:f|ht)tps?|mailto|tel|callto|cid|xmpp|xxx|mxc|matrix):|[^a-z]|[a-z+.-]+(?:[^a-z+.-:]|$))/i,
     ADD_TAGS: ['mx-reply']
 }