diff --git a/framework/base/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/base/util/UtilValidate.java b/framework/base/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/base/util/UtilValidate.java
index 0dd1f74264..26c8891fde 100644
--- a/framework/base/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/base/util/UtilValidate.java
+++ b/framework/base/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/base/util/UtilValidate.java
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ public static boolean isUrl(String s) {
      * @return true if s contains :// and not "component://"
      */
     public static boolean urlInString(String s) {
-        if (isEmpty(s) || s.contains("component://")) {
+        if (isEmpty(s) || s.startsWith("component://")) {
             return false;
         }
         return s.indexOf("://") != -1;