diff --git a/desktop-widgets/simplewidgets.cpp b/desktop-widgets/simplewidgets.cpp
index 4a0649626..3769716af 100644
--- a/desktop-widgets/simplewidgets.cpp
+++ b/desktop-widgets/simplewidgets.cpp
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ URLDialog::URLDialog(QWidget *parent) : QDialog(parent)
 
 QString URLDialog::url() const
 {
-	return ui.urlField->toPlainText();
+	return ui.urlField->text();
 }
 
 bool isGnome3Session()
diff --git a/desktop-widgets/simplewidgets.h b/desktop-widgets/simplewidgets.h
index 3c384ba89..2fc858cd3 100644
--- a/desktop-widgets/simplewidgets.h
+++ b/desktop-widgets/simplewidgets.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class QNetworkReply;
 #include <QWidget>
 #include <QGroupBox>
 #include <QDialog>
+#include <QTextEdit>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #include "ui_renumber.h"
diff --git a/desktop-widgets/urldialog.ui b/desktop-widgets/urldialog.ui
index 397f90a64..bb0426315 100644
--- a/desktop-widgets/urldialog.ui
+++ b/desktop-widgets/urldialog.ui
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <set>QDialogButtonBox::Cancel|QDialogButtonBox::Ok</set>
    </property>
   </widget>
-  <widget class="QPlainTextEdit" name="urlField">
+  <widget class="QLineEdit" name="urlField">
    <property name="geometry">
     <rect>
      <x>10</x>