diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
index 50a30144..9b12e86a 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const { SocksProxyAgent } = require('socks-proxy-agent');
 const { makeAxiosInstance } = require('../utils/axios-instance');
 const { shouldUseProxy, PatchedHttpsProxyAgent } = require('../utils/proxy-util');
 
-const protocolRegex = /([a-zA-Z]{2,20}:\/\/)(.*)/;
+const protocolRegex = /^([-+\w]{1,25})(:?\/\/|:)/;
 
 const runSingleRequest = async function (
   filename,
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
index b1195582..c4577bf3 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ const getEnvVars = (environment = {}) => {
   };
 };
 
-const protocolRegex = /([a-zA-Z]{2,20}:\/\/)(.*)/;
+const protocolRegex = /^([-+\w]{1,25})(:?\/\/|:)/;
 
 const configureRequest = async (
   collectionUid,