diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/socialtoken/SanitizedURL.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/socialtoken/SanitizedURL.java
index 3cbdd32..5b51f78 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/socialtoken/SanitizedURL.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/socialtoken/SanitizedURL.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 
 public class SanitizedURL {
 	
-	private static String FINAL_CHARACTERS_TO_REMOVE = "[\\.\\,\\;\\)\\:\\\"\\'\\”\\‘]";
+	private static String CHARACTERS_TO_REMOVE = "[\\.\\,\\;\\)\\:\\\"\\'\\”\\‘]";
 	
 	protected String prefix;
 	protected String postfix;
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ public class SanitizedURL {
 			throw new MalformedURLException();
 		}
 		
-		prefix = "";
-		if(urlString.startsWith("(")) {
+		prefix = urlString.substring(0,1);;
+		if(prefix.matches(CHARACTERS_TO_REMOVE)) {
 			prefix = urlString.substring(0, 1);
 			urlString = urlString.substring(1);
+		}else {
+			prefix = "";
 		}
 		
 		if(urlString.startsWith("www.")) {
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ public class SanitizedURL {
 		}
 		
 		postfix = urlString.substring(urlString.length()-1);
-		if(postfix.matches(FINAL_CHARACTERS_TO_REMOVE)) {
+		if(postfix.matches(CHARACTERS_TO_REMOVE)) {
 			urlString = urlString.substring(0, urlString.length()-1);
 		}else {
 			postfix = "";
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/MessageParserTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/MessageParserTest.java
index 7056b4e..61c8283 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/MessageParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/MessageParserTest.java
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ public class MessageParserTest {
 	public static final String TEST_LUCA_6 = "(www.google.it)";
 	public static final String TEST_LUCA_7 = "Hello (https://doodle.com/poll/not-existing-poll)";
 	
+	
+	public static final String TEST_LUCA_8 = "Hello this link \"https://virtuoso.parthenos.d4science.org/sparql?default-graph-uri=&query=SELECT+%3Ftype+%28COUNT%28%3Ftype%29+as+%3FtypeCount%29++%0D%0A%09%09%09%09%09WHERE+%7B%5B%5D+a+%3Ftype%7D%0D%0A%09%09%09%09%09GROUP+BY+%3Ftype&format=text%2Fhtml&timeout=0&debug=on\" is a SPARQL query ";
+	
 	@Test
 	public void test() {
 		String message = "Prova #Pippo Pollo http://google) <a href=\"/test\">Luca</a>   https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6488779074213801984 :)  ";
@@ -85,7 +88,8 @@ public class MessageParserTest {
 		logger.debug(messageParser.getParsedMessage());
 		messageParser = new SocialMessageParser(TEST_LUCA_5);
 		logger.debug(messageParser.getParsedMessage());
-		
+		messageParser = new SocialMessageParser(TEST_LUCA_8);
+		logger.debug(messageParser.getParsedMessage());
 	}
 	
 	@Test