diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6710e80..a42f94e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -475,4 +475,4 @@ This is useful when the document needs to be changed programmatically, but those
 
 ### linkRegExp
 
-This is the regular expression used to automatically mark up links when inserting HTML or after pressing space. You can change it if you want to use a custom regular expression for detecting links, or set to `/[]/` to turn off link detection.
+This is the regular expression used to automatically mark up links when inserting HTML or after pressing space. You can change it if you want to use a custom regular expression for detecting links, or set to `/[]/` to turn off link detection. To append to the existing regex, set it to `linkRegExp.source + '|' + newLinkRegExp`.
diff --git a/source/Editor.ts b/source/Editor.ts
index 0440229..cbc0b3f 100644
--- a/source/Editor.ts
+++ b/source/Editor.ts
@@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ class Squire {
         // Only look on boundaries
         '\\b(?:' +
         // Capture group 1: URLs
-        '(' +
+        '(?<url>' +
             // Add links to URLS
             // Starts with:
             '(?:' +
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ class Squire {
                 '\\([^\\s()<>]+\\)' +
             ')' +
         // Capture group 2: Emails
-        ')|(' +
+        ')|(?<email>' +
             // Add links to emails
             '[\\w\\-.%+]+@(?:[\\w\\-]+\\.)+[a-z]{2,}\\b' +
             // Allow query parameters in the mailto: style
@@ -1788,8 +1788,8 @@ class Squire {
     );
     */
     linkRegExp =
-        /\b(?:((?:(?:ht|f)tps?:\/\/|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9.\-]*[.][a-z]{2,}\/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\([^\s()<>]+\))+(?:[^\s?&`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>«»“”‘’]|\([^\s()<>]+\)))|([\w\-.%+]+@(?:[\w\-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,}\b(?:[?][^&?\s]+=[^\s?&`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>«»“”‘’]+(?:&[^&?\s]+=[^\s?&`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>«»“”‘’]+)*)?))/i;
-
+        /\b(?:(?<url>(?:(?:[a-z+]+:)?\/\/|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9.\-]*[.][a-z]{2,}\/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\([^\s()<>]+\))+(?:[^\s?&`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>«»“”‘’]|\([^\s()<>]+\)))|(?<email>[\w\-.%+]+@(?:[\w\-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,}\b(?:[?][^&?\s]+=[^\s?&`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>«»“”‘’]+(?:&[^&?\s]+=[^\s?&`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>«»“”‘’]+)*)?))/i;
+    linkRegExpHandlers = {}
     addDetectedLinks(
         searchInNode: DocumentFragment | Node,
         root?: DocumentFragment | HTMLElement,
@@ -1819,11 +1819,13 @@ class Squire {
                     'A',
                     Object.assign(
                         {
-                            href: match[1]
-                                ? /^(?:ht|f)tps?:/i.test(match[1])
-                                    ? match[1]
-                                    : 'http://' + match[1]
-                                : 'mailto:' + match[0],
+                            href: match.groups['url']
+                                ? /^(?:[a-z+]+:)?\/\//i.test(match[0])
+                                    ? match[0]
+                                    : 'https://' + match[0]
+                                : match.groups['email']
+                                ? 'mailto:' + match[0]
+                                : match[0],
                         },
                         defaultAttributes,
                     ),
diff --git a/test/squire.spec.ts b/test/squire.spec.ts
index ad978cf..7fbc2bf 100644
--- a/test/squire.spec.ts
+++ b/test/squire.spec.ts
@@ -472,9 +472,9 @@ describe('Squire RTE', () => {
             'https://google.com': 'https://google.com/',
             'https://www.google.com': 'https://www.google.com/',
             'https://www.google.com/': 'https://www.google.com/',
-            'https://google.com/?': 'https://google.com/',
-            'https://google.com?': 'https://google.com/',
-            'https://google.com?a': 'https://google.com/?a',
+            'HTTPS://google.com/?': 'https://google.com/', // Test protocol matching
+            'ftp://google.com?': 'ftp://google.com/', // Test protocol matching
+            'redis://google.com?a': 'redis://google.com?a', // Test protocol matching
             'https://google.com?a=': 'https://google.com/?a=',
             'https://google.com?a=b': 'https://google.com/?a=b',
             'https://google.com?a=b?': 'https://google.com/?a=b',
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ describe('Squire RTE', () => {
             'https://google.com?a=b&c=d&': 'https://google.com/?a=b&c=d',
             'https://google.com?a=b&c=d&e=': 'https://google.com/?a=b&c=d&e=',
             'https://google.com?a=b&c=d&e=f': 'https://google.com/?a=b&c=d&e=f',
+            'www.google.com': 'https://www.google.com/', // Test prepending protocol
         };
 
         Object.keys(LINK_MAP).forEach((input) => {