diff --git a/thirtyfour/Cargo.toml b/thirtyfour/Cargo.toml
index 6be29eb..02097fd 100644
--- a/thirtyfour/Cargo.toml
+++ b/thirtyfour/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "thirtyfour"
-version = "0.33.0"
+version = "0.33.1"
 authors = ["Steve Pryde <steve@stevepryde.com>", "Vrtgs"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/thirtyfour/src/error.rs b/thirtyfour/src/error.rs
index bc697ba..6ef4328 100644
--- a/thirtyfour/src/error.rs
+++ b/thirtyfour/src/error.rs
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ pub enum WebDriverError {
     InsecureCertificate(WebDriverErrorInfo),
     #[error("An argument passed to the WebDriver server was invalid: {0}")]
     InvalidArgument(WebDriverErrorInfo),
+    #[error("An argument passed to the WebDriver server was invalid: {0}")]
+    InvalidUrl(url::ParseError),
     #[error("Invalid cookie domain: {0}")]
     InvalidCookieDomain(WebDriverErrorInfo),
     #[error("The element is in an invalid state: {0}")]
diff --git a/thirtyfour/src/session/handle.rs b/thirtyfour/src/session/handle.rs
index a138093..81dac16 100644
--- a/thirtyfour/src/session/handle.rs
+++ b/thirtyfour/src/session/handle.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use tokio::fs::File;
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 use tokio::runtime::RuntimeFlavor;
 use tokio::sync::OnceCell;
-use url::Url;
+use url::{ParseError, Url};
 
 use crate::action_chain::ActionChain;
 use crate::common::command::{Command, FormatRequestData};
@@ -190,10 +190,17 @@ impl SessionHandle {
     /// # }
     /// ```
     pub async fn goto(&self, url: impl IntoArcStr) -> WebDriverResult<()> {
-        let mut url = url.into();
-        if !url.starts_with("http") {
-            url = format!("https://{url}").into();
-        }
+        let url = url.into();
+
+        let parse_url = |url: Arc<str>| Url::parse(&url).map(|_| url);
+        let url = parse_url(url.clone())
+            .or_else(|e| match e {
+                ParseError::RelativeUrlWithoutBase => {
+                    parse_url(("https://".to_string() + &*url).into())
+                }
+                e => Err(e),
+            })
+            .map_err(WebDriverError::InvalidUrl)?;
         self.cmd(Command::NavigateTo(url)).await?;
         Ok(())
     }