diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6026fed..bc19874 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "drivel"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9ebc9bc..cf5460a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "drivel"
 description = "Infer a schema from JSON input, and generate synthetic data based on the inferred schema."
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Daniël Hogers <daniel@hgrsd.nl>"]
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/hgrsd/drivel"
 
diff --git a/src/infer_string.rs b/src/infer_string.rs
index 65e26a0..f7d4092 100644
--- a/src/infer_string.rs
+++ b/src/infer_string.rs
@@ -11,27 +11,62 @@ lazy_static! {
         regex::Regex::new(r"[a-zA-Z0-9]+@[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$").unwrap();
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn infer_string_type(s: &str) -> StringType {
-    if ISO_DATE_REGEX.is_match(s) {
-        StringType::IsoDate
-    } else if chrono::DateTime::parse_from_rfc2822(s).is_ok() {
-        StringType::DateTimeISO8601
-    } else if chrono::DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(s).is_ok() {
-        StringType::DateTimeISO8601
-    } else if UUIDREGEX.is_match(s) {
-        StringType::UUID
-    } else if EMAIL_REGEX.is_match(s) {
-        StringType::Email
-    } else if url::Url::parse(s).is_ok() {
-        StringType::Url
-    } else if HOSTNAME_REGEX.is_match(s) {
-        StringType::Hostname
+fn uuid(s: &str) -> Option<StringType> {
+    if s.len() == 36 && UUIDREGEX.is_match(s) {
+        Some(StringType::UUID)
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+fn email(s: &str) -> Option<StringType> {
+    if s.contains('@') && EMAIL_REGEX.is_match(s) {
+        Some(StringType::Email)
     } else {
-        StringType::Unknown {
-            strings_seen: vec![s.to_owned()],
-            chars_seen: s.chars().collect(),
-            min_length: Some(s.len()),
-            max_length: Some(s.len()),
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+fn url_host(s: &str) -> Option<StringType> {
+    if s.contains('.') {
+        if url::Url::parse(s).is_ok() {
+            return Some(StringType::Url);
+        }
+        if HOSTNAME_REGEX.is_match(s) {
+            return Some(StringType::Hostname);
         }
     }
+    None
+}
+
+fn dates(s: &str) -> Option<StringType> {
+    if s.chars().take(1).all(|char| char.is_numeric()) {
+        if ISO_DATE_REGEX.is_match(s) {
+            return Some(StringType::IsoDate);
+        }
+        if chrono::DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(s).is_ok() {
+            return Some(StringType::DateTimeISO8601);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if chrono::DateTime::parse_from_rfc2822(s).is_ok() {
+        return Some(StringType::DateTimeISO8601);
+    }
+
+    None
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn infer_string_type(s: &str) -> StringType {
+    for matcher in [uuid, email, url_host, dates] {
+        if let Some(string_type) = matcher(s) {
+            return string_type;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return StringType::Unknown {
+        strings_seen: vec![s.to_owned()],
+        chars_seen: s.chars().collect(),
+        min_length: Some(s.len()),
+        max_length: Some(s.len()),
+    };
 }