diff --git a/damus-c/damus.c b/damus-c/damus.c
index d9788102..f8f04a78 100644
--- a/damus-c/damus.c
+++ b/damus-c/damus.c
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ static int consume_until_whitespace(struct cursor *cur, int or_end) {
     while (cur->p < cur->end) {
         c = *cur->p;
         
-        if (is_whitespace(c) && consumedAtLeastOne)
-            return 1;
+        if (is_whitespace(c))
+            return consumedAtLeastOne;
         
         cur->p++;
         consumedAtLeastOne = true;
diff --git a/damusTests/damusTests.swift b/damusTests/damusTests.swift
index 807f5fd5..94db9514 100644
--- a/damusTests/damusTests.swift
+++ b/damusTests/damusTests.swift
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class damusTests: XCTestCase {
     }
     
     func testNoParseUrlWithOnlyWhitespace() {
-        let testString = "https:// "
+        let testString = "https://  "
         let parsed = parse_mentions(content: testString, tags: [])
         
         XCTAssertNotNil(parsed)