diff --git a/src/gitingest/parse_query.py b/src/gitingest/parse_query.py
index f21011b..859cafb 100644
--- a/src/gitingest/parse_query.py
+++ b/src/gitingest/parse_query.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def _parse_url(url: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
     url = url.split(" ")[0]
     url = unquote(url)  # Decode URL-encoded characters
 
-    if not url.startswith("https://") and not url.startswith("http://"):
+    if not url.startswith(("https://", "http://")):
         url = "https://" + url
 
     # Extract domain and path