diff --git a/core/um-actions-profile.php b/core/um-actions-profile.php
index 90a6eed2..b3bf1a59 100644
--- a/core/um-actions-profile.php
+++ b/core/um-actions-profile.php
@@ -378,9 +378,9 @@
 
 					<div class="um-meta-text">
 						<?php if( um_get_option( 'profile_show_html_bio' ) ) : ?>
-							<?php echo strip_tags(um_filtered_value('description'), '<p><a><img><br><strong><b><em><i><quote><sub><sup>'); ?>
+							<?php echo um_clickable_links( strip_tags( um_filtered_value('description'), '<p><a><img><br><strong><b><em><i><quote><sub><sup>') ); ?>
 						<?php else : ?>
-							<?php echo wp_strip_all_tags( um_filtered_value('description') ); ?>
+							<?php echo um_clickable_links( wp_strip_all_tags( um_filtered_value('description') ) ); ?>
 						<?php endif; ?>
 					</div>
 
diff --git a/core/um-short-functions.php b/core/um-short-functions.php
index 1df68aad..b4122214 100644
--- a/core/um-short-functions.php
+++ b/core/um-short-functions.php
@@ -34,7 +34,14 @@
 		$message = um_convert_tags( $message, $args );
 		wp_mail( $email, $subject_line, $message, $headers, $attachments );
 	}
-	
+
+	/***
+	***	@Convert urls to clickable links
+	***/
+	function um_clickable_links($s) {
+		return preg_replace('@(https?://([-\w\.]+[-\w])+(:\d+)?(/([\w/_\.#-]*(\?\S+)?[^\.\s])?)?)@', '<a href="$1" class="um-link" target="_blank">$1</a>', $s);
+	}
+
 	/***
 	***	@convert template tags
 	***/