diff --git a/node/handler/APIHandler.js b/node/handler/APIHandler.js
index 57eeeb73..04464b08 100644
--- a/node/handler/APIHandler.js
+++ b/node/handler/APIHandler.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var functions = {
 exports.handle = function(functionName, fields, req, res)
 {
   //check the api key!
-  if(fields["apikey"] != apikey)
+  if(fields["apikey"] != apikey.trim())
   {
     res.send({code: 4, message: "no or wrong API Key", data: null});
     return;
diff --git a/node/server.js b/node/server.js
index d39fdcae..08c09ab0 100644
--- a/node/server.js
+++ b/node/server.js
@@ -442,19 +442,19 @@ async.waterfall([
     io.set('logger', {
       debug: function (str)
       {
-        socketIOLogger.debug(str);
+        socketIOLogger.debug.apply(socketIOLogger, arguments);
       }, 
       info: function (str)
       {
-        socketIOLogger.info(str);
+        socketIOLogger.info.apply(socketIOLogger, arguments);
       },
       warn: function (str)
       {
-        socketIOLogger.warn(str);
+        socketIOLogger.warn.apply(socketIOLogger, arguments);
       },
       error: function (str)
       {
-        socketIOLogger.error(str);
+        socketIOLogger.error.apply(socketIOLogger, arguments);
       },
     });
     
diff --git a/static/css/pad.css b/static/css/pad.css
index ec89edba..94ac1e35 100644
--- a/static/css/pad.css
+++ b/static/css/pad.css
@@ -786,11 +786,15 @@ padding: 10px;
 border-radius: 6px; 
 }
 
-#embedcode, #readonlyUrl {
+#embedreadonly {
+float:right;
+}
+
+#embedcode, #readonlyUrl, #linkcode {
 margin-left:10px;
 }
 
-#embedinput, #readonlyInput{
+#embedinput, #readonlyInput, #linkinput {
 width:375px;
 height:24px;
 display:inline;
@@ -1146,4 +1150,4 @@ width:33px !important;
   #editbar ul li {
     padding: 4px 1px;
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/static/js/domline.js b/static/js/domline.js
index 119b8378..7732805f 100644
--- a/static/js/domline.js
+++ b/static/js/domline.js
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ domline.createDomLine = function(nonEmpty, doesWrap, optBrowser, optDocument)
     {
       if (href)
       {
+        if(!~href.indexOf("http")) // if the url doesn't include http or https etc prefix it.
+        {
+          href = "http://"+href;
+        }
         extraOpenTags = extraOpenTags + '<a href="' + href.replace(/\"/g, '&quot;') + '">';
         extraCloseTags = '</a>' + extraCloseTags;
       }
diff --git a/static/js/linestylefilter.js b/static/js/linestylefilter.js
index 76f115f4..f6cf9f35 100644
--- a/static/js/linestylefilter.js
+++ b/static/js/linestylefilter.js
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ linestylefilter.getRegexpFilter = function(regExp, tag)
 
 linestylefilter.REGEX_WORDCHAR = /[\u0030-\u0039\u0041-\u005A\u0061-\u007A\u00C0-\u00D6\u00D8-\u00F6\u00F8-\u00FF\u0100-\u1FFF\u3040-\u9FFF\uF900-\uFDFF\uFE70-\uFEFE\uFF10-\uFF19\uFF21-\uFF3A\uFF41-\uFF5A\uFF66-\uFFDC]/;
 linestylefilter.REGEX_URLCHAR = new RegExp('(' + /[-:@a-zA-Z0-9_.,~%+\/\\?=&#;()$]/.source + '|' + linestylefilter.REGEX_WORDCHAR.source + ')');
-linestylefilter.REGEX_URL = new RegExp(/(?:(?:https?|s?ftp|ftps|file|smb|afp|nfs|(x-)?man|gopher|txmt):\/\/|mailto:)/.source + linestylefilter.REGEX_URLCHAR.source + '*(?![:.,;])' + linestylefilter.REGEX_URLCHAR.source, 'g');
+linestylefilter.REGEX_URL = new RegExp(/(?:(?:https?|s?ftp|ftps|file|smb|afp|nfs|(x-)?man|gopher|txmt):\/\/|mailto:|www\.)/.source + linestylefilter.REGEX_URLCHAR.source + '*(?![:.,;])' + linestylefilter.REGEX_URLCHAR.source, 'g');
 linestylefilter.getURLFilter = linestylefilter.getRegexpFilter(
 linestylefilter.REGEX_URL, 'url');
 
diff --git a/static/js/pad_editbar.js b/static/js/pad_editbar.js
index ae109068..d1a60615 100644
--- a/static/js/pad_editbar.js
+++ b/static/js/pad_editbar.js
@@ -99,11 +99,10 @@ var padeditbar = (function()
           self.toogleDropDown("users");
         }
         else if (cmd == 'embed')
-        {  
-          var padurl = window.location.href.split("?")[0];
-          $('#embedinput').val("<iframe src='" + padurl + "?showControls=true&showChat=true&showLineNumbers=true&useMonospaceFont=false' width=600 height=400>");
-          self.toogleDropDown("embed");
+        {
+          self.setEmbedLinks();
           $('#embedinput').focus().select();
+          self.toogleDropDown("embed");
         }
         else if (cmd == 'import_export')
         {
@@ -211,6 +210,22 @@ var padeditbar = (function()
       {
         syncAnimation.done();
       }
+    },
+    setEmbedLinks: function()
+    {
+      if ($('#readonlyinput').is(':checked'))
+      {
+        var basePath = document.location.href.substring(0, document.location.href.indexOf("/p/"));
+        var readonlyLink = basePath + "/ro/" + clientVars.readOnlyId;
+        $('#embedinput').val("<iframe src='" + readonlyLink + "?showControls=true&showChat=true&showLineNumbers=true&useMonospaceFont=false' width=600 height=400>");
+        $('#linkinput').val(readonlyLink);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        var padurl = window.location.href.split("?")[0];
+        $('#embedinput').val("<iframe src='" + padurl + "?showControls=true&showChat=true&showLineNumbers=true&useMonospaceFont=false' width=600 height=400>");
+        $('#linkinput').val(padurl);
+      }
     }
   };
   return self;
diff --git a/static/pad.html b/static/pad.html
index 980905e9..c32453a5 100644
--- a/static/pad.html
+++ b/static/pad.html
@@ -217,17 +217,17 @@
 
 <!-- the embed code -->
 <div id="embed">
-<div id="embedcode">
-Embed code:<input id="embedinput" type="text" value="">
-</div>
-</div>
-
-<!-- the embed code -->
-<div id="readonly">
-<div id="readonlyUrl">
-Use this link to share a read-only version of your pad:<input id="readonlyInput" type="text" value="">
-<img id="readonlyImage" src="" alt="" style="margin: 10px 90px">
-</div>
+  <div id="embedreadonly">
+    <input type="checkbox" id="readonlyinput" onClick="padeditbar.setEmbedLinks();"/><label for="readonlyinput">Read only</label>
+  </div>
+  Share:
+  <br/>
+  <div id="linkcode">
+    Link:<input id="linkinput" type="text" value="">
+  </div>
+  <div id="embedcode">
+    Embed code:<input id="embedinput" type="text" value="">
+  </div>
 </div>
 
 <div id="chatthrob">