diff --git a/application/LinkDB.php b/application/LinkDB.php
index 15fadbc..f771ac8 100644
--- a/application/LinkDB.php
+++ b/application/LinkDB.php
@@ -57,18 +57,25 @@ class LinkDB implements Iterator, Countable, ArrayAccess
     // Hide public links
     private $_hidePublicLinks;
 
+    // link redirector set in user settings.
+    private $_redirector;
+
     /**
      * Creates a new LinkDB
      *
      * Checks if the datastore exists; else, attempts to create a dummy one.
      *
-     * @param $isLoggedIn is the user logged in?
+     * @param string  $datastore       datastore file path.
+     * @param boolean $isLoggedIn      is the user logged in?
+     * @param boolean $hidePublicLinks if true all links are private.
+     * @param string  $redirector      link redirector set in user settings.
      */
-    function __construct($datastore, $isLoggedIn, $hidePublicLinks)
+    function __construct($datastore, $isLoggedIn, $hidePublicLinks, $redirector = '')
     {
         $this->_datastore = $datastore;
         $this->_loggedIn = $isLoggedIn;
         $this->_hidePublicLinks = $hidePublicLinks;
+        $this->_redirector = $redirector;
         $this->_checkDB();
         $this->_readDB();
     }
@@ -259,7 +266,14 @@ You use the community supported version of the original Shaarli project, by Seba
 
         // Escape links data
         foreach($this->_links as &$link) { 
-            sanitizeLink($link); 
+            sanitizeLink($link);
+            // Do not use the redirector for internal links (Shaarli note URL starting with a '?').
+            if (!empty($this->_redirector) && !startsWith($link['url'], '?')) {
+                $link['real_url'] = $this->_redirector . urlencode($link['url']);
+            }
+            else {
+                $link['real_url'] = $link['url'];
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/application/Utils.php b/application/Utils.php
index b8579b4..f84f70e 100644
--- a/application/Utils.php
+++ b/application/Utils.php
@@ -148,3 +148,56 @@ function is_session_id_valid($sessionId)
 
     return true;
 }
+
+/**
+ * In a string, converts URLs to clickable links.
+ *
+ * @param string $text       input string.
+ * @param string $redirector if a redirector is set, use it to gerenate links.
+ *
+ * @return string returns $text with all links converted to HTML links.
+ *
+ * @see Function inspired from http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php#85722
+ */
+function text2clickable($text, $redirector)
+{
+    $regex = '!(((?:https?|ftp|file)://|apt:|magnet:)\S+[[:alnum:]]/?)!si';
+
+    if (empty($redirector)) {
+        return preg_replace($regex, '<a href="$1">$1</a>', $text);
+    }
+    // Redirector is set, urlencode the final URL.
+    return preg_replace_callback(
+        $regex,
+        function ($matches) use ($redirector) {
+            return '<a href="' . $redirector . urlencode($matches[1]) .'">'. $matches[1] .'</a>';
+        },
+        $text
+    );
+}
+
+/**
+ * This function inserts &nbsp; where relevant so that multiple spaces are properly displayed in HTML
+ * even in the absence of <pre>  (This is used in description to keep text formatting).
+ *
+ * @param string $text input text.
+ *
+ * @return string formatted text.
+ */
+function space2nbsp($text)
+{
+    return preg_replace('/(^| ) /m', '$1&nbsp;', $text);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Format Shaarli's description
+ * TODO: Move me to ApplicationUtils when it's ready.
+ *
+ * @param string $description shaare's description.
+ * @param string $redirector  if a redirector is set, use it to gerenate links.
+ *
+ * @return string formatted description.
+ */
+function format_description($description, $redirector) {
+    return nl2br(space2nbsp(text2clickable($description, $redirector)));
+}
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index b4d9395..62d29f2 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -340,21 +340,6 @@ function logm($message)
     file_put_contents($GLOBAL['config']['LOG_FILE'], $t, FILE_APPEND);
 }
 
-// In a string, converts URLs to clickable links.
-// Function inspired from http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php#85722
-function text2clickable($url)
-{
-    $redir = empty($GLOBALS['redirector']) ? '' : $GLOBALS['redirector'];
-    return preg_replace('!(((?:https?|ftp|file)://|apt:|magnet:)\S+[[:alnum:]]/?)!si','<a href="'.$redir.'$1" rel="nofollow">$1</a>',$url);
-}
-
-// This function inserts &nbsp; where relevant so that multiple spaces are properly displayed in HTML
-// even in the absence of <pre>  (This is used in description to keep text formatting)
-function keepMultipleSpaces($text)
-{
-    return str_replace('  ',' &nbsp;',$text);
-
-}
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Sniff browser language to display dates in the right format automatically.
 // (Note that is may not work on your server if the corresponding local is not installed.)
@@ -746,7 +731,8 @@ function showRSS()
     $LINKSDB = new LinkDB(
         $GLOBALS['config']['DATASTORE'],
         isLoggedIn(),
-        $GLOBALS['config']['HIDE_PUBLIC_LINKS']
+        $GLOBALS['config']['HIDE_PUBLIC_LINKS'],
+        $GLOBALS['redirector']
     );
     // Read links from database (and filter private links if user it not logged in).
 
@@ -797,7 +783,9 @@ function showRSS()
         // If user wants permalinks first, put the final link in description
         if ($usepermalinks===true) $descriptionlink = '(<a href="'.$absurl.'">Link</a>)';
         if (strlen($link['description'])>0) $descriptionlink = '<br>'.$descriptionlink;
-        echo '<description><![CDATA['.nl2br(keepMultipleSpaces(text2clickable($link['description']))).$descriptionlink.']]></description>'."\n</item>\n";
+        echo '<description><![CDATA['.
+            format_description($link['description'], $GLOBALS['redirector']) .
+            $descriptionlink . ']]></description>' . "\n</item>\n";
         $i++;
     }
     echo '</channel></rss><!-- Cached version of '.escape(page_url($_SERVER)).' -->';
@@ -835,7 +823,8 @@ function showATOM()
     $LINKSDB = new LinkDB(
         $GLOBALS['config']['DATASTORE'],
         isLoggedIn(),
-        $GLOBALS['config']['HIDE_PUBLIC_LINKS']
+        $GLOBALS['config']['HIDE_PUBLIC_LINKS'],
+        $GLOBALS['redirector']
     );
 
     // Optionally filter the results:
@@ -876,7 +865,9 @@ function showATOM()
         if ($usepermalinks===true) $descriptionlink = '(<a href="'.$absurl.'">Link</a>)';
         if (strlen($link['description'])>0) $descriptionlink = '<br>'.$descriptionlink;
 
-        $entries.='<content type="html"><![CDATA['.nl2br(keepMultipleSpaces(text2clickable($link['description']))).$descriptionlink."]]></content>\n";
+        $entries .= '<content type="html"><![CDATA['.
+            format_description($link['description'], $GLOBALS['redirector']) .
+            $descriptionlink . "]]></content>\n";
         if ($link['tags']!='') // Adding tags to each ATOM entry (as mentioned in ATOM specification)
         {
             foreach(explode(' ',$link['tags']) as $tag)
@@ -929,7 +920,8 @@ function showDailyRSS() {
     $LINKSDB = new LinkDB(
         $GLOBALS['config']['DATASTORE'],
         isLoggedIn(),
-        $GLOBALS['config']['HIDE_PUBLIC_LINKS']
+        $GLOBALS['config']['HIDE_PUBLIC_LINKS'],
+        $GLOBALS['redirector']
     );
 
     /* Some Shaarlies may have very few links, so we need to look
@@ -983,7 +975,7 @@ function showDailyRSS() {
         // We pre-format some fields for proper output.
         foreach ($linkdates as $linkdate) {
             $l = $LINKSDB[$linkdate];
-            $l['formatedDescription'] = nl2br(keepMultipleSpaces(text2clickable($l['description'])));
+            $l['formatedDescription'] = format_description($l['description'], $GLOBALS['redirector']);
             $l['thumbnail'] = thumbnail($l['url']);
             $l['timestamp'] = linkdate2timestamp($l['linkdate']);
             if (startsWith($l['url'], '?')) {
@@ -1016,7 +1008,8 @@ function showDaily()
     $LINKSDB = new LinkDB(
         $GLOBALS['config']['DATASTORE'],
         isLoggedIn(),
-        $GLOBALS['config']['HIDE_PUBLIC_LINKS']
+        $GLOBALS['config']['HIDE_PUBLIC_LINKS'],
+        $GLOBALS['redirector']
     );
 
     $day=Date('Ymd',strtotime('-1 day')); // Yesterday, in format YYYYMMDD.
@@ -1047,7 +1040,7 @@ function showDaily()
         $taglist = explode(' ',$link['tags']);
         uasort($taglist, 'strcasecmp');
         $linksToDisplay[$key]['taglist']=$taglist;
-        $linksToDisplay[$key]['formatedDescription']=nl2br(keepMultipleSpaces(text2clickable($link['description'])));
+        $linksToDisplay[$key]['formatedDescription'] = format_description($link['description'], $GLOBALS['redirector']);
         $linksToDisplay[$key]['thumbnail'] = thumbnail($link['url']);
         $linksToDisplay[$key]['timestamp'] = linkdate2timestamp($link['linkdate']);
     }
@@ -1107,7 +1100,8 @@ function renderPage()
     $LINKSDB = new LinkDB(
         $GLOBALS['config']['DATASTORE'],
         isLoggedIn(),
-        $GLOBALS['config']['HIDE_PUBLIC_LINKS']
+        $GLOBALS['config']['HIDE_PUBLIC_LINKS'],
+        $GLOBALS['redirector']
     );
 
     $PAGE = new pageBuilder;
@@ -1781,7 +1775,8 @@ function importFile()
     $LINKSDB = new LinkDB(
         $GLOBALS['config']['DATASTORE'],
         isLoggedIn(),
-        $GLOBALS['config']['HIDE_PUBLIC_LINKS']
+        $GLOBALS['config']['HIDE_PUBLIC_LINKS'],
+        $GLOBALS['redirector']
     );
     $filename=$_FILES['filetoupload']['name'];
     $filesize=$_FILES['filetoupload']['size'];
@@ -1932,8 +1927,7 @@ function buildLinkList($PAGE,$LINKSDB)
     while ($i<$end && $i<count($keys))
     {
         $link = $linksToDisplay[$keys[$i]];
-        $link['description']=nl2br(keepMultipleSpaces(text2clickable($link['description'])));
-        $title=$link['title'];
+        $link['description'] = format_description($link['description'], $GLOBALS['redirector']);
         $classLi =  $i%2!=0 ? '' : 'publicLinkHightLight';
         $link['class'] = ($link['private']==0 ? $classLi : 'private');
         $link['timestamp']=linkdate2timestamp($link['linkdate']);
diff --git a/plugins/qrcode/qrcode.php b/plugins/qrcode/qrcode.php
index 1080c96..5f6e76a 100644
--- a/plugins/qrcode/qrcode.php
+++ b/plugins/qrcode/qrcode.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function hook_qrcode_render_linklist($data)
     $qrcode_html = file_get_contents(PluginManager::$PLUGINS_PATH . '/qrcode/qrcode.html');
 
     foreach ($data['links'] as &$value) {
-        $qrcode = sprintf($qrcode_html, $value['url'], $value['url'], PluginManager::$PLUGINS_PATH);
+        $qrcode = sprintf($qrcode_html, $value['real_url'], $value['real_url'], PluginManager::$PLUGINS_PATH);
         $value['link_plugin'][] = $qrcode;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/LinkDBTest.php b/tests/LinkDBTest.php
index 8929713..ff917f6 100644
--- a/tests/LinkDBTest.php
+++ b/tests/LinkDBTest.php
@@ -511,4 +511,27 @@ class LinkDBTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             sizeof(self::$publicLinkDB->filterFullText('free software'))
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test real_url without redirector.
+     */
+    public function testLinkRealUrlWithoutRedirector()
+    {
+        $db = new LinkDB(self::$testDatastore, false, false);
+        foreach($db as $link) {
+            $this->assertEquals($link['url'], $link['real_url']);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test real_url with redirector.
+     */
+    public function testLinkRealUrlWithRedirector()
+    {
+        $redirector = 'http://redirector.to?';
+        $db = new LinkDB(self::$testDatastore, false, false, $redirector);
+        foreach($db as $link) {
+            $this->assertStringStartsWith($redirector, $link['real_url']);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/UtilsTest.php b/tests/UtilsTest.php
index 4847ea9..02eecda 100644
--- a/tests/UtilsTest.php
+++ b/tests/UtilsTest.php
@@ -187,4 +187,41 @@ class UtilsTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             is_session_id_valid('c0ZqcWF3VFE2NmJBdm1HMVQ0ZHJ3UmZPbTFsNGhkNHI=')
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test text2clickable without a redirector being set.
+     */
+    public function testText2clickableWithoutRedirector()
+    {
+        $text = 'stuff http://hello.there/is=someone#here otherstuff';
+        $expectedText = 'stuff <a href="http://hello.there/is=someone#here">http://hello.there/is=someone#here</a> otherstuff';
+        $processedText = text2clickable($text, '');
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedText, $processedText);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test text2clickable a redirector set.
+     */
+    public function testText2clickableWithRedirector()
+    {
+        $text = 'stuff http://hello.there/is=someone#here otherstuff';
+        $redirector = 'http://redirector.to';
+        $expectedText = 'stuff <a href="'.
+            $redirector .
+            urlencode('http://hello.there/is=someone#here') .
+            '">http://hello.there/is=someone#here</a> otherstuff';
+        $processedText = text2clickable($text, $redirector);
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedText, $processedText);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test testSpace2nbsp.
+     */
+    public function testSpace2nbsp()
+    {
+        $text = '  Are you   thrilled  by flags   ?'. PHP_EOL .' Really?';
+        $expectedText = '&nbsp; Are you &nbsp; thrilled &nbsp;by flags &nbsp; ?'. PHP_EOL .'&nbsp;Really?';
+        $processedText = space2nbsp($text);
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedText, $processedText);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/plugins/PlugQrcodeTest.php b/tests/plugins/PlugQrcodeTest.php
index 86dc7f2..c749fa8 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/PlugQrcodeTest.php
+++ b/tests/plugins/PlugQrcodeTest.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class PlugQrcodeTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             'title' => $str,
             'links' => array(
                 array(
-                    'url' => $str,
+                    'real_url' => $str,
                 )
             )
         );
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class PlugQrcodeTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $link = $data['links'][0];
         // data shouldn't be altered
         $this->assertEquals($str, $data['title']);
-        $this->assertEquals($str, $link['url']);
+        $this->assertEquals($str, $link['real_url']);
 
         // plugin data
         $this->assertEquals(1, count($link['link_plugin']));
diff --git a/tpl/daily.html b/tpl/daily.html
index 93a3ab4..063dc89 100644
--- a/tpl/daily.html
+++ b/tpl/daily.html
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                             </div>
                         {/if}
                         <div class="dailyEntryTitle">
-                            <a href="{$link.url}">{$link.title}</a>
+                            <a href="{$link.real_url}">{$link.title}</a>
                         </div>
                         {if="$link.thumbnail"}
                             <div class="dailyEntryThumbnail">{$link.thumbnail}</div>
diff --git a/tpl/linklist.html b/tpl/linklist.html
index f6e9e82..666748a 100644
--- a/tpl/linklist.html
+++ b/tpl/linklist.html
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@
                         </form>
                     </div>
                 {/if}
-                <span class="linktitle"><a href="{$redirector}{$value.url}">{$value.title}</a></span>
+                <span class="linktitle">
+                    <a href="{$value.real_url}">{$value.title}</a>
+                </span>
                 <br>
                 {if="$value.description"}<div class="linkdescription">{$value.description}</div>{/if}
                 {if="!$GLOBALS['config']['HIDE_TIMESTAMPS'] || isLoggedIn()"}
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@
                     <span>{$value}</span> -
                 {/loop}
 
-                <a href="{$value.url}"><span class="linkurl" title="Short link">{$value.url}</span></a><br>
+                <a href="{$value.real_url}"><span class="linkurl" title="Short link">{$value.url}</span></a><br>
                 {if="$value.tags"}
                     <div class="linktaglist">
                     {loop="value.taglist"}<span class="linktag" title="Add tag"><a href="?addtag={$value|urlencode}">{$value}</a></span> {/loop}
diff --git a/tpl/picwall.html b/tpl/picwall.html
index 97d5efd..230c948 100644
--- a/tpl/picwall.html
+++ b/tpl/picwall.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         <div id="picwall_container">
             {loop="linksToDisplay"}
             <div class="picwall_pictureframe">
-        	    {$value.thumbnail}<a href="{$value.url}"><span class="info">{$value.title}</span></a>
+        	    {$value.thumbnail}<a href="{$value.real_url}"><span class="info">{$value.title}</span></a>
                 {loop="$value.picwall_plugin"}
                     {$value}
                 {/loop}