diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/UriStringTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/UriStringTest.kt
index 7f03fb5f0f4e..6f372c226870 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/UriStringTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/UriStringTest.kt
@@ -391,7 +391,47 @@ class UriStringTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun whenSchemeIsValidFtpButNotHttpThenNot() {
+    fun whenSchemeIsValidFtpButNotHttpThenIsFalse() {
         assertFalse(isWebUrl("ftp://example.com"))
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenUrlStartsWithDoubleQuoteThenIsFalse() {
+        assertFalse(isWebUrl("\"example.com"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenUrlStartsWithSingleQuoteThenIsFalse() {
+        assertFalse(isWebUrl("'example.com"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenUrlEndsWithDoubleQuoteThenIsFalse() {
+        assertFalse(isWebUrl("example.com\""))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenUrlEndsWithSingleQuoteThenIsFalse() {
+        assertFalse(isWebUrl("example.com'"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenUrlStartsAndEndsWithDoubleQuoteThenIsFalse() {
+        assertFalse(isWebUrl("\"example.com\""))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenUrlStartsAndEndsWithSingleQuoteThenIsFalse() {
+        assertFalse(isWebUrl("'example.com'"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenUrlContainsDoubleQuoteThenIsFalse() {
+        assertFalse(isWebUrl("example\".com"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenUrlContainsSingleQuoteThenIsFalse() {
+        assertFalse(isWebUrl("example'.com"))
+    }
 }
diff --git a/browser-api/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/UriString.kt b/browser-api/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/UriString.kt
index a7a07622db59..5ea796d18034 100644
--- a/browser-api/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/UriString.kt
+++ b/browser-api/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/UriString.kt
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ class UriString {
         }
 
         fun isWebUrl(inputQuery: String): Boolean {
+            if (inputQuery.contains("\"") || inputQuery.contains("'")) {
+                return false
+            }
             if (inputQuery.contains(space)) return false
             val rawUri = Uri.parse(inputQuery)