diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index ed9c544..87bf01b 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
@@ -58,8 +59,21 @@ type UserPreferences struct {
 	DisableDownloads     bool `yaml:"disable_downloads"`
 	DisableNotifications bool `yaml:"disable_notifications"`
 	DisableShowURLs      bool `yaml:"disable_show_urls"`
-	InlineURLs           bool `yaml:"inline_urls"`
 	AltEnterToSend       bool `yaml:"alt_enter_to_send"`
+
+	InlineURLMode string `yaml:"inline_url_mode"`
+}
+
+var InlineURLsProbablySupported bool
+
+func init() {
+	v, _ := strconv.Atoi(os.Getenv("VTE_VERSION"))
+	// Enable inline URLs by default on VTE 0.50.0+
+	InlineURLsProbablySupported = v > 5000
+}
+
+func (up *UserPreferences) EnableInlineURLs() bool {
+	return up.InlineURLMode == "enable" || (InlineURLsProbablySupported && up.InlineURLMode != "disable")
 }
 
 type Keybind struct {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3ce7133..3b2972f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/zyedidia/clipboard v1.0.3
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.6
 	go.mau.fi/cbind v0.0.0-20220415094356-e1d579b7925e
-	go.mau.fi/mauview v0.1.4-0.20220415192914-be7d4f257167
-	go.mau.fi/tcell v0.0.0-20220415185117-592f364693a2
+	go.mau.fi/mauview v0.1.4-0.20220416164650-aac1ebd3a472
+	go.mau.fi/tcell v0.0.0-20220416164612-f5dbb33f6c9c
 	golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20220413100746-70e8d0d3baa9
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220412020605-290c469a71a5
 	gopkg.in/toast.v1 v1.0.0-20180812000517-0a84660828b2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cbb74af..bd560fd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.6 h1:/ecaJf0sk1l4l6V4awd65v2C3ILy7MSj+s/x1ADCIMU=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.6/go.mod h1:qXsaaIqmgQH0T+OPdb99Bf+PKfBBQVAdyD6TY9G8XM4=
 go.mau.fi/cbind v0.0.0-20220415094356-e1d579b7925e h1:zY4TZmHAaUhrMFJQfh02dqxDYSfnnXlw/qRoFanxZTw=
 go.mau.fi/cbind v0.0.0-20220415094356-e1d579b7925e/go.mod h1:9nnzlslhUo/xO+8tsQgkFqG/W+SgD+r0iTYAuglzlmA=
-go.mau.fi/mauview v0.1.4-0.20220415192914-be7d4f257167 h1:WCqpsiR7IuOJ36aDd9pbPxr9AtjnXvPHhPKw9xx9x2Q=
-go.mau.fi/mauview v0.1.4-0.20220415192914-be7d4f257167/go.mod h1:1rzvl7kqQ9lv8EVZeAwUlxR4/Q8LM3y2Xogg0yNx0qU=
+go.mau.fi/mauview v0.1.4-0.20220416164650-aac1ebd3a472 h1:1Rx+gZAORRrkevGQuLfDEM8E5cYxNRAA3lx2Rc19H5g=
+go.mau.fi/mauview v0.1.4-0.20220416164650-aac1ebd3a472/go.mod h1:3W0lnT2QE0M/HF0d5dgyCG71QEc+pS/+RQf1lGybEzE=
 go.mau.fi/tcell v0.0.0-20220415093808-07c67d224693/go.mod h1:HQLPCz9v8YfYewMetOKrg9pe87XEyNcIfCYYq8VxQbU=
-go.mau.fi/tcell v0.0.0-20220415185117-592f364693a2 h1:UocCXayiOk0dzu7GeTyiH6UdpJnp5d645NRDwr6RjLY=
-go.mau.fi/tcell v0.0.0-20220415185117-592f364693a2/go.mod h1:HQLPCz9v8YfYewMetOKrg9pe87XEyNcIfCYYq8VxQbU=
+go.mau.fi/tcell v0.0.0-20220416164612-f5dbb33f6c9c h1:BdwxPvI30uM9Yhr1t99sHHoEzbK8JLfRntQDpm/QCdg=
+go.mau.fi/tcell v0.0.0-20220416164612-f5dbb33f6c9c/go.mod h1:HQLPCz9v8YfYewMetOKrg9pe87XEyNcIfCYYq8VxQbU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220408190544-5352b0902921 h1:iU7T1X1J6yxDr0rda54sWGkHgOp5XJrqm79gcNlC2VM=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220408190544-5352b0902921/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20191009234506-e7c1f5e7dbb8/go.mod h1:FeLwcggjj3mMvU+oOTbSwawSJRM1uh48EjtB4UJZlP0=
diff --git a/ui/commands.go b/ui/commands.go
index 7466511..c4de657 100644
--- a/ui/commands.go
+++ b/ui/commands.go
@@ -867,7 +867,15 @@ func cmdToggle(cmd *Command) {
 		case "showurls":
 			val = &cmd.Config.Preferences.DisableShowURLs
 		case "inlineurls":
-			val = &cmd.Config.Preferences.InlineURLs
+			switch cmd.Config.Preferences.InlineURLMode {
+			case "enable":
+				cmd.Config.Preferences.InlineURLMode = "disable"
+				cmd.Reply("Force-disabled using fancy terminal features to render URLs inside text. Restart gomuks to apply changes.")
+			default:
+				cmd.Config.Preferences.InlineURLMode = "enable"
+				cmd.Reply("Force-enabled using fancy terminal features to render URLs inside text. Restart gomuks to apply changes.")
+			}
+			continue
 		case "newline":
 			val = &cmd.Config.Preferences.AltEnterToSend
 		default:
diff --git a/ui/messages/filemessage.go b/ui/messages/filemessage.go
index cbcc5be..f4bc3a4 100644
--- a/ui/messages/filemessage.go
+++ b/ui/messages/filemessage.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (msg *FileMessage) CalculateBuffer(prefs config.UserPreferences, width int,
 	if prefs.BareMessageView || prefs.DisableImages || len(msg.imageData) == 0 {
 		url := msg.matrix.GetDownloadURL(msg.URL)
 		var urlTString tstring.TString
-		if prefs.InlineURLs {
+		if prefs.EnableInlineURLs() {
 			urlTString = tstring.NewStyleTString(url, tcell.StyleDefault.Hyperlink(url, msg.eventID.String()))
 		} else {
 			urlTString = tstring.NewTString(url)
diff --git a/ui/messages/html/parser.go b/ui/messages/html/parser.go
index 7442ccf..7f955cd 100644
--- a/ui/messages/html/parser.go
+++ b/ui/messages/html/parser.go
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func (parser *htmlParser) linkToEntity(node *html.Node) Entity {
 		} else if matrixURI.Sigil1 == '#' {
 			entity.Children = []Entity{text}
 		}
-	} else if parser.prefs.InlineURLs {
+	} else if parser.prefs.EnableInlineURLs() {
 		linkID := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", parser.evt.ID, parser.linkIDCounter)
 		parser.linkIDCounter++
 		entity.AdjustStyle(AdjustStyleLink(href, linkID), AdjustStyleReasonNormal)
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ func (parser *htmlParser) singleNodeToEntity(node *html.Node) Entity {
 			node.Data = strings.ReplaceAll(node.Data, "\n", "")
 			node.Data = spaces.ReplaceAllLiteralString(node.Data, " ")
 		}
-		return TextToEntity(node.Data, parser.evt.ID, parser.prefs.InlineURLs)
+		return TextToEntity(node.Data, parser.evt.ID, parser.prefs.EnableInlineURLs())
 	case html.ElementNode:
 		parsed := parser.tagNodeToEntity(node)
 		if parsed != nil && !parsed.IsBlock() && parsed.IsEmpty() {
diff --git a/ui/messages/parser.go b/ui/messages/parser.go
index 07197db..79cc683 100644
--- a/ui/messages/parser.go
+++ b/ui/messages/parser.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func ParseMessage(matrix ifc.MatrixContainer, room *rooms.Room, evt *muksevt.Eve
 			return NewHTMLMessage(evt, displayname, html.Parse(matrix.Preferences(), room, content, evt, displayname))
 		}
 		content.Body = strings.Replace(content.Body, "\t", "    ", -1)
-		return NewHTMLMessage(evt, displayname, html.TextToEntity(content.Body, evt.ID, matrix.Preferences().InlineURLs))
+		return NewHTMLMessage(evt, displayname, html.TextToEntity(content.Body, evt.ID, matrix.Preferences().EnableInlineURLs()))
 	case event.MsgImage, event.MsgVideo, event.MsgAudio, event.MsgFile:
 		msg := NewFileMessage(matrix, evt, displayname)
 		if !matrix.Preferences().DisableDownloads {