diff --git a/lib/Helpers.rakumod b/lib/Helpers.rakumod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..954a427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Helpers.rakumod
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+my $starts-with-protocol = rx:i/ ^https? '://'/;  
+
+sub fix-protocol ($url)  is export {
+    return "http://" ~ $url unless $url ~~ $starts-with-protocol;
+}
+
+# I use a dedicated method to remove all debugging messages prior to commit
+sub dbug($message) {
+    say "$message";
+}
+
+#error types
+# Just string is provided: 
+# ERROR: Malformed UTF-8 near byte 81 at line 1 col 2 
+# TYPE: X::AdHoc
+
+# ERROR: Stringification of a Buf is not done with 'Stringy'.  The 'decode'
+# method should be used to convert a Buf to a Str. 
+#  TYPE: X::Buf::AsStr
diff --git a/lib/Hyperlink-Redirect.rakumod b/lib/Hyperlink-Redirect.rakumod
index c542e18..2e1904f 100644
--- a/lib/Hyperlink-Redirect.rakumod
+++ b/lib/Hyperlink-Redirect.rakumod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use Humming-Bird::Advice;
 use Template::Mustache;
 use Base64;
 use Libarchive::Filter :gzip;
+use Helpers;
 
 # Normally would 'use' local libs here for Controller and Model and
 # what not but keeping it simple for now...
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ $router.get(-> $request, $response {
 });
 
 $router.post(-> $request, $response {
-    my Str  $return-url   = $request.content<hyperlink>;
+    my Str  $return-url   = fix-protocol($request.content<hyperlink>);
     my Bool $meta-refresh = $request.content<meta-refresh>.defined;
     my Str  $url-scheme   = $request.headers<X-Forwarded-Proto> || 'http';
     my Str  $url-host     = $request.headers<Host>;
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ $router.get('/--meta-refresh/**', -> $request, $response {
 
 $router.get('/**', -> $request, $response {
     my Str $return-url   = $request.path.substr(1); # Omits the leading slash
-    my Str $redirect-url = gunzip(decode-base64($return-url, :bin));
 
+    my Str $redirect-url = gunzip(decode-base64($return-url, :bin));
+    
     $response.redirect($redirect-url);
 });