diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 256acf1993..3e95d2bea3 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -1414,6 +1414,9 @@ function common_shorten_url($long_url)
 
     curl_close($curlh);
 
+    if(substr($short_url,0,7)=='http://'){
+        $short_url = substr($short_url,7);
+    }
     return $short_url;
 }