diff --git a/lib/Hyperlink-Redirect/Helpers.rakumod b/lib/Hyperlink-Redirect/Helpers.rakumod
index cd43dd5..a835b8f 100644
--- a/lib/Hyperlink-Redirect/Helpers.rakumod
+++ b/lib/Hyperlink-Redirect/Helpers.rakumod
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ my $starts-with-protocol = rx:i/ ^https? '://'/;
 
 sub fix-protocol($url) is export {
     return "http://" ~ $url unless $url ~~ $starts-with-protocol;
+
+    return $url;
 }
 
 # I use a dedicated method to remove all debugging messages prior to commit