diff --git a/bot/plugins/isup.py b/bot/plugins/isup.py
index a5b26c7..7455ab7 100644
--- a/bot/plugins/isup.py
+++ b/bot/plugins/isup.py
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ class Useless(DatabasePlugin):
         address = args['<address>']
         if not address.startswith('http://'):
             address = 'https://{}'.format(address)
-        parsed = urlparse(address)
 
         try:
             requests.head(address)
             state = 'up'
         except requests.ConnectionError:
             state = 'down'
-        return '{}://{} seems to be {}'.format(parsed.scheme, parsed.netloc, state)
+
+        parsed = urlparse(address)
+        return '\x02{}://{}\x02 seems to be \x02{}\x02'.format(parsed.scheme, parsed.netloc, state)