diff --git a/lib/adamantium/link_finder.rb b/lib/adamantium/link_finder.rb
index 7b4d496..a2c84a1 100644
--- a/lib/adamantium/link_finder.rb
+++ b/lib/adamantium/link_finder.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module Adamantium
       links.reject do |link|
         link.end_with?(":") ||
           IGNORE_LIST.include?(URI.parse(link).host)
-      end
+      end.map{ |uri| URI(uri) }
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/adamantium/unit/link_finder_spec.rb b/spec/adamantium/unit/link_finder_spec.rb
index 196466c..e26b419 100644
--- a/spec/adamantium/unit/link_finder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/adamantium/unit/link_finder_spec.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ RSpec.describe Adamantium::LinkFinder do
   it "finds allowed links in a string" do
     text = "Check out some of these cool websites: https://google.com https://example.com or even http://twitter.com and https://bsky.app"
 
-    expect(subject.call(text)).to eq ["https://example.com"]
+    expect(subject.call(text)).to eq [URI("https://example.com")]
   end
 end