diff --git a/scripts/klipper.sh b/scripts/klipper.sh
index 117caef..524f929 100644
--- a/scripts/klipper.sh
+++ b/scripts/klipper.sh
@@ -253,8 +253,9 @@ function clone_klipper() {
   local repo=${1} branch=${2}
 
   [[ -z ${repo} ]] && repo="${KLIPPER_REPO}"
-  repo=$(echo "${repo}" | sed -r "s/^(http|https):\/\/github\.com\///i; s/\.git$//")
-  repo="https://github.com/${repo}"
+  if [[ $repo != *://* ]]; then
+    repo="https://github.com/${repo}"
+  fi
 
   [[ -z ${branch} ]] && branch="master"
 
diff --git a/scripts/switch_klipper_repo.sh b/scripts/switch_klipper_repo.sh
index 7f224c2..1e1bbe4 100644
--- a/scripts/switch_klipper_repo.sh
+++ b/scripts/switch_klipper_repo.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ function change_klipper_repo_menu() {
 
   ### generate the repolist from the klipper_repos.txt textfile
   while IFS="," read -r repo branch; do
-    repo=$(echo "${repo}" | sed -r "s/^http(s)?:\/\/github.com\///" | sed "s/\.git$//" )
+    if [[ $repo != *://* ]]; then
+      repo="https://github.com/${repo}"
+    fi
     repos+=("${repo}")
     ### if branch is not given, default to 'master'
     [[ -z ${branch} ]] && branch="master"