diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index edc88ef85..5f150d154 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ from languages import set_actor_languages
 from languages import get_understood_languages
 from like import update_likes_collection
 from reaction import update_reaction_collection
+from utils import get_domain_from_url_in_string
 from utils import local_network_host
 from utils import undo_reaction_collection_entry
 from utils import get_new_post_endpoints
@@ -13461,13 +13462,11 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         """
         referer_domain = None
         if self.headers.get('referer'):
-            referer_domain, referer_port = \
-                get_domain_from_actor(self.headers['referer'])
-            referer_domain = get_full_domain(referer_domain, referer_port)
+            referer_domain = \
+                get_domain_from_url_in_string(self.headers['referer'])
         elif self.headers.get('Referer'):
-            referer_domain, referer_port = \
-                get_domain_from_actor(self.headers['Referer'])
-            referer_domain = get_full_domain(referer_domain, referer_port)
+            referer_domain = \
+                get_domain_from_url_in_string(self.headers['Referer'])
         elif self.headers.get('Signature'):
             if 'keyId="' in self.headers['Signature']:
                 referer_domain = self.headers['Signature'].split('keyId="')[1]
@@ -13478,18 +13477,7 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                 elif '"' in referer_domain:
                     referer_domain = referer_domain.split('"')[0]
         elif ua_str:
-            if 'https://' in ua_str:
-                referer_domain = ua_str.split('https://')[1]
-                if '/' in referer_domain:
-                    referer_domain = referer_domain.split('/')[0]
-                elif ')' in referer_domain:
-                    referer_domain = referer_domain.split(')')[0]
-            elif 'http://' in ua_str:
-                referer_domain = ua_str.split('http://')[1]
-                if '/' in referer_domain:
-                    referer_domain = referer_domain.split('/')[0]
-                elif ')' in referer_domain:
-                    referer_domain = referer_domain.split(')')[0]
+            referer_domain = get_domain_from_url_in_string(ua_str)
         return referer_domain
 
     def _get_user_agent(self) -> str:
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 5f89e315c..58638e408 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -3323,3 +3323,22 @@ def valid_hash_tag(hashtag: str) -> bool:
     if _is_valid_language(hashtag):
         return True
     return False
+
+
+def get_domain_from_url_in_string(text: str) -> str:
+    """Returns the domain from within a string if it exists
+    """
+    domain_str = ''
+    if 'https://' in text:
+        domain_str = text.split('https://')[1]
+        if '/' in domain_str:
+            domain_str = domain_str.split('/')[0]
+        elif ')' in domain_str:
+            domain_str = domain_str.split(')')[0]
+    elif 'http://' in text:
+        domain_str = text.split('http://')[1]
+        if '/' in domain_str:
+            domain_str = domain_str.split('/')[0]
+        elif ')' in domain_str:
+            domain_str = domain_str.split(')')[0]
+    return domain_str