diff --git a/packages/bot-utils/src/flags.ts b/packages/bot-utils/src/flags.ts
index 181fbfb..145ed62 100644
--- a/packages/bot-utils/src/flags.ts
+++ b/packages/bot-utils/src/flags.ts
@@ -289,14 +289,11 @@ export const argsToFlags = (argv: string | string[]): Flags => {
 		checkFlags(cmd, parsed);
 	}
 
-	let urlData: UrlData | undefined;
+	const urlData = parseUrlData(target);
 	let httpHeaders: HttpHeaders | undefined;
+	target = urlData.target;
 
 	if (cmd === 'http' && target) {
-		urlData = parseUrlData(target);
-
-		target = urlData.target;
-
 		if (!host) {
 			host = urlData.host;
 		}
@@ -361,6 +358,16 @@ function parseUrlData (input: string): UrlData {
 
 	let u = input;
 
+	if (u.startsWith('<') && u.endsWith('>')) {
+		const linkEnd = u.indexOf('|');
+
+		if (linkEnd !== -1) {
+			u = u.slice(1, linkEnd);
+		} else {
+			u = u.slice(1, -1);
+		}
+	}
+
 	// add url scheme if missing
 	if (!u.startsWith('http://') && !u.startsWith('https://')) {
 		u = `http://${u}`;
diff --git a/packages/bot-utils/tests/args-to-flags.test.ts b/packages/bot-utils/tests/args-to-flags.test.ts
index 693c074..5bb7a35 100644
--- a/packages/bot-utils/tests/args-to-flags.test.ts
+++ b/packages/bot-utils/tests/args-to-flags.test.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,29 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
 				expect(result).toEqual(flags);
 			});
 
+			it('host target with slack link', () => {
+				const args
+					= 'http <https://google.com|google.com> from New York --limit 2 --path / --query ?a=abc --host google.fr --method get --port 80 --protocol http2 --latency';
+				const result = argsToFlags(args);
+
+				const flags: Flags = {
+					cmd: 'http',
+					from: 'New York',
+					host: 'google.fr',
+					limit: 2,
+					method: 'GET',
+					path: '/',
+					port: 80,
+					protocol: 'HTTP2',
+					query: '?a=abc',
+					target: 'google.com',
+					latency: true,
+					headers: {},
+				};
+
+				expect(result).toEqual(flags);
+			});
+
 			it('url target, resolver and spaces', () => {
 				const args
 					= 'http https://www.example.com:1234/my/path/?abc=123&xyz=test @8.8.8.8  --from usa  --limit 2   --method get';
@@ -139,6 +162,22 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
 			expect(result).toEqual(flags);
 		});
 
+		it('convert ping args to flags with slack link', () => {
+			const args
+				= 'ping <http://google.com|google.com> from New York --limit 2 --packets 3 --latency';
+			const result = argsToFlags(args);
+			const flags: Flags = {
+				cmd: 'ping',
+				from: 'New York',
+				limit: 2,
+				packets: 3,
+				target: 'google.com',
+				latency: true,
+			};
+
+			expect(result).toEqual(flags);
+		});
+
 		it('convert mtr args to flags with share', () => {
 			const args
 				= 'mtr aws.com from Canada --packets 2 --protocol icmp -L 5 --share';
diff --git a/packages/slack/src/mention.ts b/packages/slack/src/mention.ts
index 8fbc2bb..2ced88a 100644
--- a/packages/slack/src/mention.ts
+++ b/packages/slack/src/mention.ts
@@ -8,19 +8,14 @@ export function parseCommandfromMention (
 	text: string,
 	botUserId: string,
 ): string {
-	const trimmedText = text.trim();
-	const expectedMention = `<@${botUserId}>`;
+	const botMention = '<@' + botUserId + '>';
+	const mentionIndex = text.indexOf(botMention);
 
-	if (trimmedText.startsWith(expectedMention)) {
-		const urlRegex = /<([^>|]+)(?:\|([^>]+))?>/g;
-
-		return trimmedText
-			.slice(expectedMention.length)
-			.replace(urlRegex, (_, link, urlText) => urlText || link)
-			.trim();
+	if (mentionIndex === -1) {
+		return text;
 	}
 
-	return '';
+	return text.slice(mentionIndex + botMention.length).trim();
 }
 
 export async function handleMention (
diff --git a/packages/slack/src/tests/mention.test.ts b/packages/slack/src/tests/mention.test.ts
index 4544571..7aec721 100644
--- a/packages/slack/src/tests/mention.test.ts
+++ b/packages/slack/src/tests/mention.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe('Mention', () => {
 				= '<@U052V9JLQ5C> http <http://yahoo.com|yahoo.com> --from uk --limit 5';
 			const botUserId = 'U052V9JLQ5C';
 			const cmd = parseCommandfromMention(text, botUserId);
-			expect(cmd).to.equal('http yahoo.com --from uk --limit 5');
+			expect(cmd).to.equal('http <http://yahoo.com|yahoo.com> --from uk --limit 5');
 		});
 
 		it('valid with url link and query', () => {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe('Mention', () => {
 				= '<@U052V9JLQ5C> http <http://yahoo.com?abc=xyz1|yahoo.com> --from uk';
 			const botUserId = 'U052V9JLQ5C';
 			const cmd = parseCommandfromMention(text, botUserId);
-			expect(cmd).to.equal('http yahoo.com --from uk');
+			expect(cmd).to.equal('http <http://yahoo.com?abc=xyz1|yahoo.com> --from uk');
 		});
 
 		it('valid with just complex url link', () => {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('Mention', () => {
 				= '<@U052V9JLQ5C> http <https://www.example.com:8080/my/path?x=abc&yz=defg> --from france --limit 5';
 			const botUserId = 'U052V9JLQ5C';
 			const cmd = parseCommandfromMention(text, botUserId);
-			expect(cmd).to.equal('http https://www.example.com:8080/my/path?x=abc&yz=defg --from france --limit 5');
+			expect(cmd).to.equal('http <https://www.example.com:8080/my/path?x=abc&yz=defg> --from france --limit 5');
 		});
 
 		it('valid with host', () => {
@@ -42,20 +42,12 @@ describe('Mention', () => {
 			expect(cmd).to.equal('ping 1.2.3.4 --from france --limit 5');
 		});
 
-		it('wrong user id', () => {
-			const text
-				= '<@U061X8OMS7D> ping <http://yahoo.com|yahoo.com> --from france --limit 5';
-			const botUserId = 'U052V9JLQ5C';
-			const cmd = parseCommandfromMention(text, botUserId);
-			expect(cmd).to.equal('');
-		});
-
 		it('text before mention', () => {
 			const text
 				= 'some other text <@U052V9JLQ5C> ping <http://yahoo.com|yahoo.com> --from france --limit 5';
 			const botUserId = 'U052V9JLQ5C';
 			const cmd = parseCommandfromMention(text, botUserId);
-			expect(cmd).to.equal('');
+			expect(cmd).to.equal('ping <http://yahoo.com|yahoo.com> --from france --limit 5');
 		});
 	});
 });