diff --git a/src/Profile.cpp b/src/Profile.cpp
--- a/src/Profile.cpp
+++ b/src/Profile.cpp
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
     setProperty(CopyTextAsHTML, true);
     setProperty(TrimLeadingSpacesInSelectedText, false);
     setProperty(TrimTrailingSpacesInSelectedText, false);
-    setProperty(DropUrlsAsText, false);
+    setProperty(DropUrlsAsText, true);
     setProperty(PasteFromSelectionEnabled, true);
     setProperty(PasteFromClipboardEnabled, false);
     setProperty(MiddleClickPasteMode, Enum::PasteFromX11Selection);