diff --git a/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/util/network.cpp b/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/util/network.cpp
index 429fac95..a0a782f8 100644
--- a/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/util/network.cpp
+++ b/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/util/network.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ std::string NormalizeUrl(const std::string& urlString)
    }
    else
    {
-      normalizedUrl = urlString;
+      normalizedUrl = trimmedUrlString.toStdString();
    }
 
    return normalizedUrl;
diff --git a/test/source/scwx/qt/util/network.test.cpp b/test/source/scwx/qt/util/network.test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a240ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/source/scwx/qt/util/network.test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#include <scwx/qt/util/network.hpp>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+
+
+namespace scwx
+{
+namespace qt
+{
+namespace util
+{
+
+const std::vector<std::pair<const std::string, const std::string>> testUrls = {
+   {" https://example.com/ ", "https://example.com/"},
+   {"\thttps://example.com/\t", "https://example.com/"},
+   {"\nhttps://example.com/\n", "https://example.com/"},
+   {"\rhttps://example.com/\r", "https://example.com/"},
+   {"\r\nhttps://example.com/\r\n", "https://example.com/"},
+   {"    https://example.com/   ", "https://example.com/"},
+   {"    \nhttps://example.com/  \n ", "https://example.com/"},
+};
+
+TEST(network, NormalizeUrl)
+{
+   for (auto& pair : testUrls)
+   {
+      const std::string& preNormalized = pair.first;
+      const std::string& expNormalized = pair.second;
+
+      std::string normalized = network::NormalizeUrl(preNormalized);
+      EXPECT_EQ(normalized, expNormalized);
+   }
+
+}
+
+
+} // namespace util
+} // namespace qt
+} // namespace scwx
diff --git a/test/test.cmake b/test/test.cmake
index b3cfedd2..bb36287a 100644
--- a/test/test.cmake
+++ b/test/test.cmake
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ set(SRC_QT_MODEL_TESTS source/scwx/qt/model/imgui_context_model.test.cpp)
 set(SRC_QT_SETTINGS_TESTS source/scwx/qt/settings/settings_container.test.cpp
                           source/scwx/qt/settings/settings_variable.test.cpp)
 set(SRC_QT_UTIL_TESTS source/scwx/qt/util/q_file_input_stream.test.cpp
-                      source/scwx/qt/util/geographic_lib.test.cpp)
+                      source/scwx/qt/util/geographic_lib.test.cpp
+                      source/scwx/qt/util/network.test.cpp)
 set(SRC_UTIL_TESTS source/scwx/util/float.test.cpp
                    source/scwx/util/rangebuf.test.cpp
                    source/scwx/util/streams.test.cpp