diff -r 991308f49979 kallithea/lib/helpers.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/helpers.py	Thu Apr 16 14:14:59 2015 -0400
+++ b/kallithea/lib/helpers.py	Mon Apr 20 16:39:18 2015 +0200
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@
     return literal('<div style="width:%spx">%s%s</div>' % (width, d_a, d_d))
 
 
-def urlify_text(text_, safe=True):
+def urlify_text(text_, safe=False):
     """
     Extract urls from text and make html links out of them
 
@@ -1252,10 +1252,13 @@
 
     def url_func(match_obj):
         url_full = match_obj.groups()[0]
-        return '<a href="%(url)s">%(url)s</a>' % ({'url': url_full})
+        return literal('<a href="{url}">{url}</a>'.format(url=url_full))
+
     _newtext = url_re.sub(url_func, text_)
+
     if safe:
         return literal(_newtext)
+
     return _newtext