diff --git a/UI/Qt/BrowserWindow.cpp b/UI/Qt/BrowserWindow.cpp
index 878da0b0cdc..140661be07c 100644
--- a/UI/Qt/BrowserWindow.cpp
+++ b/UI/Qt/BrowserWindow.cpp
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ BrowserWindow::BrowserWindow(Vector<URL::URL> const& initial_urls, IsPopupWindow
     auto* about_action = new QAction("&About Ladybird", this);
     help_menu->addAction(about_action);
     QObject::connect(about_action, &QAction::triggered, this, [this] {
-        new_tab_from_url("about:version"sv, Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes);
+        new_tab_from_url(URL::about_version(), Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes);
     });
 
     m_hamburger_menu->addSeparator();
@@ -609,7 +609,9 @@ BrowserWindow::BrowserWindow(Vector<URL::URL> const& initial_urls, IsPopupWindow
     QObject::connect(quit_action, &QAction::triggered, this, &QMainWindow::close);
 
     QObject::connect(m_new_tab_action, &QAction::triggered, this, [this] {
-        auto& tab = new_tab_from_url(ak_url_from_qstring(Settings::the()->new_tab_page()), Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes);
+        auto url = ak_url_from_qstring(Settings::the()->new_tab_page());
+        VERIFY(url.has_value());
+        auto& tab = new_tab_from_url(url.release_value(), Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes);
         tab.set_url_is_hidden(true);
         tab.focus_location_editor();
     });
diff --git a/UI/Qt/SettingsDialog.cpp b/UI/Qt/SettingsDialog.cpp
index 67f6109073b..104a1ae96cd 100644
--- a/UI/Qt/SettingsDialog.cpp
+++ b/UI/Qt/SettingsDialog.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
 
+#include <LibURL/Parser.h>
 #include <LibURL/URL.h>
 #include <LibWebView/Application.h>
 #include <LibWebView/SearchEngine.h>
@@ -50,11 +51,11 @@ SettingsDialog::SettingsDialog(QMainWindow* window)
     m_new_tab_page->setText(Settings::the()->new_tab_page());
     QObject::connect(m_new_tab_page, &QLineEdit::textChanged, this, [this] {
         auto url_string = ak_string_from_qstring(m_new_tab_page->text());
-        m_new_tab_page->setStyleSheet(URL::URL(url_string).is_valid() ? "" : "border: 1px solid red;");
+        m_new_tab_page->setStyleSheet(URL::Parser::basic_parse(url_string).has_value() ? "" : "border: 1px solid red;");
     });
     QObject::connect(m_new_tab_page, &QLineEdit::editingFinished, this, [this] {
         auto url_string = ak_string_from_qstring(m_new_tab_page->text());
-        if (URL::URL(url_string).is_valid())
+        if (URL::Parser::basic_parse(url_string).has_value())
             Settings::the()->set_new_tab_page(m_new_tab_page->text());
     });
     QObject::connect(m_new_tab_page, &QLineEdit::returnPressed, this, [this] {
diff --git a/UI/Qt/StringUtils.cpp b/UI/Qt/StringUtils.cpp
index 0da9216b505..1f5f113b6ae 100644
--- a/UI/Qt/StringUtils.cpp
+++ b/UI/Qt/StringUtils.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
 
+#include <LibURL/Parser.h>
 #include <UI/Qt/StringUtils.h>
 
 AK::ByteString ak_byte_string_from_qstring(QString const& qstring)
@@ -23,13 +24,13 @@ QString qstring_from_ak_string(StringView ak_string)
     return QString::fromUtf8(ak_string.characters_without_null_termination(), static_cast<qsizetype>(ak_string.length()));
 }
 
-URL::URL ak_url_from_qstring(QString const& qstring)
+Optional<URL::URL> ak_url_from_qstring(QString const& qstring)
 {
     auto utf8_data = qstring.toUtf8();
-    return URL::URL(StringView(utf8_data.data(), utf8_data.size()));
+    return URL::Parser::basic_parse(StringView(utf8_data.data(), utf8_data.size()));
 }
 
 URL::URL ak_url_from_qurl(QUrl const& qurl)
 {
-    return ak_url_from_qstring(qurl.toString());
+    return ak_url_from_qstring(qurl.toString()).value();
 }
diff --git a/UI/Qt/StringUtils.h b/UI/Qt/StringUtils.h
index 7fa6c112f65..a0bd03bd538 100644
--- a/UI/Qt/StringUtils.h
+++ b/UI/Qt/StringUtils.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <AK/ByteString.h>
 #include <AK/Error.h>
+#include <AK/Optional.h>
 #include <AK/String.h>
 #include <AK/StringView.h>
 #include <LibURL/URL.h>
@@ -18,5 +19,5 @@
 AK::ByteString ak_byte_string_from_qstring(QString const&);
 String ak_string_from_qstring(QString const&);
 QString qstring_from_ak_string(StringView);
-URL::URL ak_url_from_qstring(QString const&);
+Optional<URL::URL> ak_url_from_qstring(QString const&);
 URL::URL ak_url_from_qurl(QUrl const&);
diff --git a/UI/Qt/Tab.cpp b/UI/Qt/Tab.cpp
index a0d0a9a1e57..1e665697c61 100644
--- a/UI/Qt/Tab.cpp
+++ b/UI/Qt/Tab.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <AK/TemporaryChange.h>
 #include <LibGfx/ImageFormats/BMPWriter.h>
+#include <LibURL/Parser.h>
 #include <LibWeb/HTML/SelectedFile.h>
 #include <LibWebView/SearchEngine.h>
 #include <LibWebView/SourceHighlighter.h>
@@ -466,8 +467,10 @@ Tab::Tab(BrowserWindow* window, RefPtr<WebView::WebContentClient> parent_client,
     auto* search_selected_text_action = new QAction("&Search for <query>", this);
     search_selected_text_action->setIcon(load_icon_from_uri("resource://icons/16x16/find.png"sv));
     QObject::connect(search_selected_text_action, &QAction::triggered, this, [this]() {
-        auto url = MUST(String::formatted(Settings::the()->search_engine().query_url, URL::percent_encode(*m_page_context_menu_search_text)));
-        m_window->new_tab_from_url(URL::URL(url), Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes);
+        auto url_string = MUST(String::formatted(Settings::the()->search_engine().query_url, URL::percent_encode(*m_page_context_menu_search_text)));
+        auto url = URL::Parser::basic_parse(url_string);
+        VERIFY(url.has_value());
+        m_window->new_tab_from_url(url.release_value(), Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes);
     });
 
     auto take_screenshot = [this](auto type) {
diff --git a/UI/Qt/main.cpp b/UI/Qt/main.cpp
index 92ef4b28052..940b2c7fbf7 100644
--- a/UI/Qt/main.cpp
+++ b/UI/Qt/main.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
 
     Core::EventLoopManager::install(*new WebView::EventLoopManagerQt);
 
-    auto app = Ladybird::Application::create(arguments, ak_url_from_qstring(Ladybird::Settings::the()->new_tab_page()));
+    auto url = ak_url_from_qstring(Ladybird::Settings::the()->new_tab_page());
+    VERIFY(url.has_value());
+    auto app = Ladybird::Application::create(arguments, url.release_value());
 
     static_cast<WebView::EventLoopImplementationQt&>(Core::EventLoop::current().impl()).set_main_loop();
     TRY(handle_attached_debugger());