diff --git a/libdino/src/service/connection_manager.vala b/libdino/src/service/connection_manager.vala
index ad846ba2..464302cb 100644
--- a/libdino/src/service/connection_manager.vala
+++ b/libdino/src/service/connection_manager.vala
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class ConnectionManager : Object {
         return connection_todo;
     }
 
-    public XmppStream? connect(Account account) {
+    public XmppStream? connect_account(Account account) {
         if (!connection_todo.contains(account)) connection_todo.add(account);
         if (!connections.has_key(account)) {
             return connect_(account);
diff --git a/libdino/src/service/stream_interactor.vala b/libdino/src/service/stream_interactor.vala
index 55ab8984..2c8e1adc 100644
--- a/libdino/src/service/stream_interactor.vala
+++ b/libdino/src/service/stream_interactor.vala
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class StreamInteractor : Object {
     public void connect_account(Account account) {
         module_manager.initialize(account);
         account_added(account);
-        connection_manager.connect(account);
+        connection_manager.connect_account(account);
     }
 
     public void disconnect_account(Account account) {
diff --git a/main/src/ui/conversation_selector/conversation_row.vala b/main/src/ui/conversation_selector/conversation_row.vala
index 2d41d044..0d0db23a 100644
--- a/main/src/ui/conversation_selector/conversation_row.vala
+++ b/main/src/ui/conversation_selector/conversation_row.vala
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public class ConversationRow : ListBoxRow {
                         nick_label.label = last_message.direction == Message.DIRECTION_SENT ? _("Me") + ": " : "";
                     }
 
-                    message_label.label = Markup.escape_text((new Regex("\\s+")).replace_literal(last_message.body, -1, 0, " "));
+                    message_label.label = Markup.escape_text((/\s+/).replace_literal(last_message.body, -1, 0, " "));
                     break;
                 case FileItem.TYPE:
                     FileItem file_item = last_content_item as FileItem;
diff --git a/main/src/ui/unified_window.vala b/main/src/ui/unified_window.vala
index 44107fb3..aa1aac60 100644
--- a/main/src/ui/unified_window.vala
+++ b/main/src/ui/unified_window.vala
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class UnifiedWindow : Gtk.Window {
             return Util.use_csd() ? conversation_titlebar_csd.subtitle : conversation_titlebar.subtitle;
         }
         set {
-            string? new_subtitle = value == null ? null : (new Regex("\\s+")).replace_literal(value, -1, 0, " ");
+            string? new_subtitle = value == null ? null : (/\s+/).replace_literal(value, -1, 0, " ");
             if (Util.use_csd()) {
                 conversation_titlebar_csd.subtitle = new_subtitle;
             } else {
diff --git a/main/src/ui/util/helper.vala b/main/src/ui/util/helper.vala
index de05d753..449936fc 100644
--- a/main/src/ui/util/helper.vala
+++ b/main/src/ui/util/helper.vala
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public static string parse_add_markup(string s_, string? highlight_word, bool pa
     bool already_escaped = already_escaped_;
 
     if (parse_links) {
-        Regex url_regex = new Regex("""(?i)\b((?:[a-z][\w-]+:(?:\/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}\/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’]))""");
+        Regex url_regex = /(?i)\b((?:[a-z][\w-]+:(?:\/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}\/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’]))/;
         MatchInfo match_info;
         url_regex.match(s.down(), 0, out match_info);
         if (match_info.matches())  {
diff --git a/plugins/http-files/src/file_provider.vala b/plugins/http-files/src/file_provider.vala
index 80f99fa6..34106d42 100644
--- a/plugins/http-files/src/file_provider.vala
+++ b/plugins/http-files/src/file_provider.vala
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class FileProvider : Dino.FileProvider, Object {
     public FileProvider(StreamInteractor stream_interactor, Dino.Database dino_db) {
         this.stream_interactor = stream_interactor;
         this.dino_db = dino_db;
-        this.url_regex = new Regex("""^(?i)\b((?:[a-z][\w-]+:(?:\/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}\/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’]))$""");
+        this.url_regex = /^(?i)\b((?:[a-z][\w-]+:(?:\/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}\/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’]))$/;
 
         stream_interactor.get_module(MessageProcessor.IDENTITY).received_pipeline.connect(new ReceivedMessageListener(this));
     }
diff --git a/plugins/omemo/src/file_provider.vala b/plugins/omemo/src/file_provider.vala
index bda73bfb..938ec0cf 100644
--- a/plugins/omemo/src/file_provider.vala
+++ b/plugins/omemo/src/file_provider.vala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class FileProvider : Dino.FileProvider, Object {
     public FileProvider(StreamInteractor stream_interactor, Dino.Database dino_db) {
         this.stream_interactor = stream_interactor;
         this.dino_db = dino_db;
-        this.url_regex = new Regex("""^aesgcm://(.*)#(([A-Fa-f0-9]{2}){48}|([A-Fa-f0-9]{2}){44})$""");
+        this.url_regex = /^aesgcm:\/\/(.*)#(([A-Fa-f0-9]{2}){48}|([A-Fa-f0-9]{2}){44})$/;
 
         stream_interactor.get_module(MessageProcessor.IDENTITY).received_pipeline.connect(new ReceivedMessageListener(this));
     }