diff --git a/src/react-components/presence-log.js b/src/react-components/presence-log.js
index 517cf30bafcec6f515be2fc259cd54d6e18a6fe4..df3fd257bd543196f6d2b0f10c2b425a58ac54b3 100644
--- a/src/react-components/presence-log.js
+++ b/src/react-components/presence-log.js
@@ -11,11 +11,17 @@ const messageCanvas = document.createElement("canvas");
 const presenceLogSpawnedStyle = `background-color: rgba(79, 79, 79, 0.45); padding: 8px 16px; border-radius: 16px;`;
 const presenceLogPureEmojiStyle = `background-color: transparent; text-align: center;`;
 const emojiRegex = /(?:[\u2700-\u27bf]|(?:\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]){2}|[\ud800-\udbff][\udc00-\udfff]|[\u0023-\u0039]\ufe0f?\u20e3|\u3299|\u3297|\u303d|\u3030|\u24c2|\ud83c[\udd70-\udd71]|\ud83c[\udd7e-\udd7f]|\ud83c\udd8e|\ud83c[\udd91-\udd9a]|\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]|[\ud83c[\ude01-\ude02]|\ud83c\ude1a|\ud83c\ude2f|[\ud83c[\ude32-\ude3a]|[\ud83c[\ude50-\ude51]|\u203c|\u2049|[\u25aa-\u25ab]|\u25b6|\u25c0|[\u25fb-\u25fe]|\u00a9|\u00ae|\u2122|\u2139|\ud83c\udc04|[\u2600-\u26FF]|\u2b05|\u2b06|\u2b07|\u2b1b|\u2b1c|\u2b50|\u2b55|\u231a|\u231b|\u2328|\u23cf|[\u23e9-\u23f3]|[\u23f8-\u23fa]|\ud83c\udccf|\u2934|\u2935|[\u2190-\u21ff])/;
+const urlRegex = /^https?:\/\/(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{2,256}\.[a-z]{2,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)$/;
 
 function ChatMessage(props) {
   const ref = React.createRef();
 
   const handleSpawn = () => {
+    if (props.body.match(urlRegex)) {
+      document.querySelector("a-scene").emit("add_media", props.body);
+      return;
+    }
+
     const el = ref.current;
 
     const context = messageCanvas.getContext("2d");