diff --git a/app/helpers/markdownify_helper.rb b/app/helpers/markdownify_helper.rb
index e9af64fb1..3eb8783fa 100644
--- a/app/helpers/markdownify_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/markdownify_helper.rb
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ module MarkdownifyHelper
   end
 
   def process_links(message)
-    message.gsub!(/\[\s*([^\[]+)\s*\]\(\s*([^ ]+\s*) \"(([^&]|(&[^q])|(&q[^u])|(&qu[^o])|(&quo[^t])|(&quot[^;]))+)\"\s*\)/) do |m|
+    message.gsub!(/\[\s*([^\[]+?)\s*\]\(\s*([^ ]+\s*) \"(([^&]|(&[^q])|(&q[^u])|(&qu[^o])|(&quo[^t])|(&quot[^;]))+)\"\s*\)/) do |m|
       escape = "\\"
-      link = $1.strip
-      url = $2.strip
-      title = $3.strip
+      link = $1
+      url = $2
+      title = $3
       url.gsub!("_", "\\_")
       url.gsub!("*", "\\*")
       protocol = (url =~ /^\w+:\/\//) ? '' :'http://'
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ module MarkdownifyHelper
       res
     end
 
-    message.gsub!(/\[\s*([^\[]+)\s*\]\(\s*([^ ]+)\s*\)/) do |m|
+    message.gsub!(/\[\s*([^\[]+?)\s*\]\(\s*([^ ]+)\s*\)/) do |m|
       escape = "\\"
-      link = $1.strip
-      url = $2.strip
+      link = $1
+      url = $2
       url.gsub!("_", "\\_")
       url.gsub!("*", "\\*")
       protocol = (url =~ /^\w+:\/\//) ? '' :'http://'