diff --git a/app/ui-message/client/message.js b/app/ui-message/client/message.js
index 8fde803b356b5..0505dc8b0962d 100644
--- a/app/ui-message/client/message.js
+++ b/app/ui-message/client/message.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const renderBody = (msg, settings) => {
 	}
 
 	if (searchedText) {
-		msg = msg.replace(new RegExp(searchedText, 'gi'), (str) => `<mark>${str}</mark>`);
+		msg = msg.replace(new RegExp(`(?!href=".)${searchedText}(?!.*")`, 'gi'), (str) => `<mark>${str}</mark>`);
 	}
 
 	return msg;