diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
index 1924a6c..bc1c8f3 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -69,11 +69,14 @@ export async function getMastodonPost(feedUrl) {
 		const link = item.querySelector('link')?.textContent.trim()
 
 		// use description as the text, stripping HTML
-		const cleanText = sanitizeHtml(description, {
+		let cleanText = sanitizeHtml(description, {
 			allowedTags: [],
 			allowedAttributes: {},
 		})?.trim()
 
+		// replace URLs with link emoji
+		cleanText = cleanText.replace(/https?:\/\/\S+/g, '🔗').trim()
+
 		return { text: cleanText, url: link }
 	}
 
@@ -81,10 +84,12 @@ export async function getMastodonPost(feedUrl) {
 	const firstItem = items[0]
 	const description = firstItem.querySelector('description')?.textContent || ''
 	const link = firstItem.querySelector('link')?.textContent.trim()
-	const cleanText = sanitizeHtml(description, {
+	let cleanText = sanitizeHtml(description, {
 		allowedTags: [],
 		allowedAttributes: {},
 	})?.trim()
+	// replace URLs with link emoji
+	cleanText = cleanText.replace(/https?:\/\/\S+/g, '🔗').trim()
 	return { text: cleanText, url: link }
 }