--- a/src/lib/Bbcode.luan	Mon Jul 25 21:28:10 2022 -0600
+++ b/src/lib/Bbcode.luan	Mon Jul 25 22:10:28 2022 -0600
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@
 
 local video_handlers = {}
 do
-	local ptn1 = regex[[https://youtu.be/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:\?t=([0-9]+))?]]
-	local ptn2 = regex[[https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v=([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:&t=([0-9]+)s)?]]
+	local ptn1 = regex[[^\Qhttps://youtu.be/\E([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:\?t=([0-9]+))?]]
+	local ptn2 = regex[[^\Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\E([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:&t=([0-9]+)s)?]]
 	function video_handlers.youtube(url)
 		local id, start = ptn1.match(url)
 		if id == nil then
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 	end
 end
 do
-	local ptn = regex[[https://rumble.com/embed/[a-z0-9]+/\?pub=[a-z0-9]+]]
+	local ptn = regex[[^\Qhttps://rumble.com/embed/\E[a-z0-9]+/\?pub=[a-z0-9]+]]
 	function video_handlers.rumble(url)
 		if not ptn.matches(url) then
 			return false
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 	end
 end
 do
-	local ptn = regex[[https://www.bitchute.com/video/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/]]
+	local ptn = regex[[^\Qhttps://www.bitchute.com/video/\E([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/]]
 	function video_handlers.bitchute(url)
 		local id = ptn.match(url)
 		if id == nil then
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 	end
 end
 do
-	local ptn = regex[[https://vimeo.com/([0-9]+)]]
+	local ptn = regex[[^\Qhttps://vimeo.com/\E([0-9]+)]]
 	function video_handlers.vimeo(url)
 		local id = ptn.match(url)
 		if id == nil then
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 	end
 end
 do
-	local ptn = regex[[https://dai.ly/([a-z0-9]+)]]
+	local ptn = regex[[^\Qhttps://dai.ly/\E([a-z0-9]+)]]
 	function video_handlers.dailymotion(url)
 		local id = ptn.match(url)
 		if id == nil then
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 	end
 end
 do
-	local ptn = regex[[https://www.tiktok.com/[^/]+/video/([0-9]+)]]
+	local ptn = regex[[^\Qhttps://www.tiktok.com/\E[^/]+/video/([0-9]+)]]
 	function video_handlers.tiktok(url)
 		local id = ptn.match(url)
 		if id == nil then

--- a/src/test/tiny.html	Mon Jul 25 21:28:10 2022 -0600
+++ b/src/test/tiny.html	Mon Jul 25 22:10:28 2022 -0600
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
 				return '<iframe data-video="'+url+'" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen src="'+url+'"></iframe>';
 			}
 
+			// fucking moronic javascript doesn't have \Q \E in regex
 			var videoHandlers = {};
 			{
-				let ptn1 = new RegExp('https://youtu.be/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:\\?t=([0-9]+))?');
-				let ptn2 = new RegExp('https://www.youtube.com/watch\\?v=([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:\\?t=([0-9]+)s)?');
+				let ptn1 = /^https:\/\/youtu\.be\/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:\?t=([0-9]+))?/;
+				let ptn2 = /^https:\/\/www\.youtube\.com\/watch\?v=([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:&t=([0-9]+)s)?/;
 				videoHandlers.youtube = function(url) {
 					let result = url.match(ptn1) || url.match(ptn2);
 					if( result ) {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
 				}
 			}
 			{
-				let ptn = new RegExp('https://rumble.com/embed/[a-z0-9]+/\\?pub=[a-z0-9]+');
+				let ptn = /^https:\/\/rumble\.com\/embed\/[a-z0-9]+\/\?pub=[a-z0-9]+/;
 				videoHandlers.rumble = function(url) {
 					if( url.match(ptn) ) {
 						return videoIframe(url);
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
 				}
 			}
 			{
-				let ptn = new RegExp('https://www.bitchute.com/video/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/');
+				let ptn = /^https:\/\/www\.bitchute\.com\/video\/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\//;
 				videoHandlers.bitchute = function(url) {
 					let result = url.match(ptn);
 					if( result ) {
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
 				}
 			}
 			{
-				let ptn = new RegExp('https://vimeo.com/([0-9]+)');
+				let ptn = /^https:\/\/vimeo\.com\/([0-9]+)/;
 				videoHandlers.vimeo = function(url) {
 					let result = url.match(ptn);
 					if( result ) {
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@
 				}
 			}
 			{
-				let ptn = new RegExp('https://dai.ly/([a-z0-9]+)');
+				let ptn = /^https:\/\/dai\.ly\/([a-z0-9]+)/;
 				videoHandlers.dailymotion = function(url) {
 					let result = url.match(ptn);
 					if( result ) {
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@
 				}
 			}
 			{
-				let ptn = new RegExp('https://www.tiktok.com/[^/]+/video/([0-9]+)');
+				let ptn = /^https:\/\/www\.tiktok\.com\/[^/]+\/video\/([0-9]+)/;
 				videoHandlers.tiktok = function(url) {
 					let result = url.match(ptn);
 					if( result ) {
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@
 				}
 			}
 			{
-				let ptn = new RegExp('\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$');
+				let ptn = /\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/;
 				videoHandlers.file = function(url) {
 					if( url.match(ptn) ) {
 						return '<video controls width="560" height><source src="'+url+'"></video>';