diff --git a/archivebox/parsers/__init__.py b/archivebox/parsers/__init__.py
index c033ab28..99d11a1b 100644
--- a/archivebox/parsers/__init__.py
+++ b/archivebox/parsers/__init__.py
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ _test_url_strs = {
     'https://example.com/?what=1#how-about-this=1&2%20baf': 1,
     'https://example.com?what=1#how-about-this=1&2%20baf': 1,
     '<test>http://example7.com</test>': 1,
+    'https://<test>': 0,
+    'https://[test]': 0,
+    'http://"test"': 0,
+    'http://\'test\'': 0,
     '[https://example8.com/what/is/this.php?what=1]': 1,
     '[and http://example9.com?what=1&other=3#and-thing=2]': 1,
     '<what>https://example10.com#and-thing=2 "</about>': 1,
diff --git a/archivebox/util.py b/archivebox/util.py
index daf3025e..cfa7d931 100644
--- a/archivebox/util.py
+++ b/archivebox/util.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ URL_REGEX = re.compile(
     r'(?=('
     r'http[s]?://'                    # start matching from allowed schemes
     r'(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]'              # followed by allowed alphanum characters
-    r'|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\(\),]'           #    or allowed symbols
+    r'|[-_$@.&+!*\(\),]'           #    or allowed symbols (keep hyphen first to match literal hyphen)
     r'|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))'  #    or allowed unicode bytes
     r'[^\]\[\(\)<>"\'\s]+'          # stop parsing at these symbols
     r'))',