diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
index 43adafa..8478286 100644
--- a/test/test.ts
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ tap.test('should create a valid instance of SmartWhois', async () => {
 tap.test('should get a parsed url result for whois', async () => {
   const parsedUrlResult = await testSmartWhois.getParsedUrlResultForWhois('https://coffee.link/understanding-gen-z/');
   console.log(parsedUrlResult);
+  const parsedUrlResult2 = await testSmartWhois.getParsedUrlResultForWhois('task.vc');
+  console.log(parsedUrlResult2);
 });
 
 tap.test('should get additional data', async () => {
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 48fd957..29318ef 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@pushrocks/smartwhois',
-  version: '1.0.11',
+  version: '1.0.12',
   description: 'a package for dealing with whois requests'
 }
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 8341872..6fef100 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ export class SmartWhois {
    * can be used to prepare an input for the whois command
    */
   public async getParsedUrlResultForWhois(urlArg: string) {
+    if (!urlArg.includes('//')) {
+      urlArg = `https://${urlArg}`;
+    }
     const smarturlInstance = plugins.smarturl.Smarturl.createFromUrl(urlArg);
     const tldtsData = plugins.tldts.parse(urlArg);
     return {