diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index bc73ea3..ac217b8 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -83,4 +83,13 @@ class Event < Article
     result
   end
 
+  def link=(value)
+    self.body[:link] =
+      if value =~ /https?:\/\//
+        value
+      else
+        'http://' + value
+      end
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/event_test.rb b/test/unit/event_test.rb
index 64c9de0..55c5aa6 100644
--- a/test/unit/event_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/event_test.rb
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ class EventTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     
   end
 
+  should 'add http:// to the link if not already present' do
+    a = Event.new(:link => 'www.nohttp.net')
+    assert_equal 'http://www.nohttp.net', a.link
+  end
+
   protected
 
   def assert_tag_in_string(text, options)
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