diff --git a/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/util/HTMLUtil.java b/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/util/HTMLUtil.java
index a018cb0f..6da07eba 100644
--- a/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/util/HTMLUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/util/HTMLUtil.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 package com.samskivert.servlet.util;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -154,6 +155,90 @@ public class HTMLUtil
         return lbuf.toString().trim();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Restrict all HTML from the specified String.
+     */
+    public static String restrictHTML (String src)
+    {
+        return restrictHTML(src, new String[0]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Restrict HTML except for the specified tags.
+     * 
+     * @param allowFormatting enables <i>, <b>, <u>,
+     *                        <font>, <br>, <p>, and
+     *                        <hr>.
+     * @param allowImages enabled <img ...>.
+     * @param allowLinks enabled <a href ...>.
+     */
+    public static String restrictHTML (String src, boolean allowFormatting,
+        boolean allowImages, boolean allowLinks)
+    {
+        // TODO: these regexes should probably be checked to make
+        // sure that javascript can't live inside a link
+        ArrayList<String> allow = new ArrayList<String>();
+        if (allowFormatting) {
+            allow.add("<b>"); allow.add("</b>");
+            allow.add("<i>"); allow.add("</i>");
+            allow.add("<u>"); allow.add("</u>");
+            allow.add("<font [^\"<>!-]*(\"[^\"<>!-]*\"[^\"<>!-]*)*>");
+                allow.add("</font>");
+            allow.add("<br>"); allow.add("</br>");
+            allow.add("<p>"); allow.add("</p>");
+            allow.add("<hr>"); allow.add("</hr>");
+        }
+        if (allowImages) {
+            // Until I find a way to disallow "---", no - can be in a url
+            allow.add("<img [^\"<>!-]*(\"[^\"<>!-]*\"[^\"<>!-]*)*>");
+                allow.add("</img>");
+        }
+        if (allowLinks) {
+            allow.add("<a href=[^\"<>!-]*(\"[^\"<>!-]*\"[^\"<>!-]*)*>");
+                allow.add("</a>");
+        }
+        return restrictHTML(src, allow.toArray(new String[allow.size()]));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Restrict HTML from the specified string except for the specified
+     * regular expressions.
+     */
+    public static String restrictHTML (String src, String[] regexes)
+    {
+        if (StringUtil.isBlank(src)) {
+            return src;
+        }
+
+        ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
+        list.add(src);
+        for (int ii=0, nn = regexes.length; ii < nn; ii++) {
+            Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regexes[ii], Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+            for (int jj=0; jj < list.size(); jj += 2) {
+                String piece = list.get(jj);
+                Matcher m = p.matcher(piece);
+                if (m.find()) {
+                    list.set(jj, piece.substring(0, m.start()));
+                    list.add(jj + 1, piece.substring(m.start(), m.end()));
+                    list.add(jj + 2, piece.substring(m.end()));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // now, the even elements of list contain untrusted text, the
+        // odd elements contain stuff that matched a regex
+        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
+        for (int jj=0, nn = list.size(); jj < nn; jj++) {
+            String s = list.get(jj);
+            if (jj % 2 == 0) {
+                s = StringUtil.replace(s, "<", "&lt;");
+                s = StringUtil.replace(s, ">", "&gt;");
+            }
+            buf.append(s);
+        }
+        return buf.toString();
+    }
+
     protected static Pattern _url =
-        Pattern.compile("http://\\S+", Pattern.MULTILINE);
+        Pattern.compile("^http://\\S+", Pattern.MULTILINE);
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
index 66f88962..ecc2c167 100644
--- a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
@@ -154,90 +154,6 @@ public class StringUtil
         });
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Restrict all HTML from the specified String.
-     */
-    public static String restrictHTML (String src)
-    {
-        return restrictHTML(src, new String[0]);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Restrict HTML except for the specified tags.
-     * 
-     * @param allowFormatting enables &lt;i&gt;, &lt;b&gt;, &lt;u&gt;,
-     *                        &lt;font&gt;, &lt;br&gt;, &lt;p&gt;, and
-     *                        &lt;hr&gt;.
-     * @param allowImages enabled &lt;img ...&gt;.
-     * @param allowLinks enabled &lt;a href ...&gt;.
-     */
-    public static String restrictHTML (String src, boolean allowFormatting,
-        boolean allowImages, boolean allowLinks)
-    {
-        // TODO: these regexes should probably be checked to make
-        // sure that javascript can't live inside a link
-        ArrayList<String> allow = new ArrayList<String>();
-        if (allowFormatting) {
-            allow.add("<b>"); allow.add("</b>");
-            allow.add("<i>"); allow.add("</i>");
-            allow.add("<u>"); allow.add("</u>");
-            allow.add("<font [^\"<>!-]*(\"[^\"<>!-]*\"[^\"<>!-]*)*>");
-                allow.add("</font>");
-            allow.add("<br>"); allow.add("</br>");
-            allow.add("<p>"); allow.add("</p>");
-            allow.add("<hr>"); allow.add("</hr>");
-        }
-        if (allowImages) {
-            // Until I find a way to disallow "---", no - can be in a url
-            allow.add("<img [^\"<>!-]*(\"[^\"<>!-]*\"[^\"<>!-]*)*>");
-                allow.add("</img>");
-        }
-        if (allowLinks) {
-            allow.add("<a href=[^\"<>!-]*(\"[^\"<>!-]*\"[^\"<>!-]*)*>");
-                allow.add("</a>");
-        }
-        return restrictHTML(src, allow.toArray(new String[allow.size()]));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Restrict HTML from the specified string except for the specified
-     * regular expressions.
-     */
-    public static String restrictHTML (String src, String[] regexes)
-    {
-        if (isBlank(src)) {
-            return src;
-        }
-
-        ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
-        list.add(src);
-        for (int ii=0, nn = regexes.length; ii < nn; ii++) {
-            Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regexes[ii], Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
-            for (int jj=0; jj < list.size(); jj += 2) {
-                String piece = list.get(jj);
-                Matcher m = p.matcher(piece);
-                if (m.find()) {
-                    list.set(jj, piece.substring(0, m.start()));
-                    list.add(jj + 1, piece.substring(m.start(), m.end()));
-                    list.add(jj + 2, piece.substring(m.end()));
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        // now, the even elements of list contain untrusted text, the
-        // odd elements contain stuff that matched a regex
-        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
-        for (int jj=0, nn = list.size(); jj < nn; jj++) {
-            String s = list.get(jj);
-            if (jj % 2 == 0) {
-                s = replace(s, "<", "&lt;");
-                s = replace(s, ">", "&gt;");
-            }
-            buf.append(s);
-        }
-        return buf.toString();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns a new string based on <code>source</code> with all
      * instances of <code>before</code> replaced with <code>after</code>.
diff --git a/src/java/com/samskivert/velocity/StringTool.java b/src/java/com/samskivert/velocity/StringTool.java
index cc3c1a1c..a970ff2d 100644
--- a/src/java/com/samskivert/velocity/StringTool.java
+++ b/src/java/com/samskivert/velocity/StringTool.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class StringTool
      */
     public static String restrictHTML (String text)
     {
-        return StringUtil.restrictHTML(text);
+        return HTMLUtil.restrictHTML(text);
     }
 
     /**