diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
index 374dccce27..2d4386017c 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public function init()
         $uri = $language->setActiveFromUri($uri);
 
         // split the URL and params (and make sure that the path isn't seen as domain)
-        $bits = parse_url('http://domain.com' . $uri);
+        $bits = static::parseUrl('http://domain.com' . $uri);
 
         //process fragment
         if (isset($bits['fragment'])) {
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ public function paths($id = null)
         return $this->paths;
     }
 
+
     /**
      * Return route to the current URI. By default route doesn't include base path.
      *
@@ -954,9 +955,7 @@ public static function parseUrl($url)
         $grav = Grav::instance();
 
         // Remove extra slash from streams, parse_url() doesn't like it.
-        if ($pos = strpos($url, ':///')) {
-            $url = substr_replace($url, '://', $pos, 4);
-        }
+        $url = preg_replace('/([^:])(\/{2,})/', '$1/', $url);
 
         $encodedUrl = preg_replace_callback(
             '%[^:/@?&=#]+%usD',