diff --git a/src/Maintained/Application/View/home.twig b/src/Maintained/Application/View/home.twig
index e77b0fb..c993d5d 100644
--- a/src/Maintained/Application/View/home.twig
+++ b/src/Maintained/Application/View/home.twig
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
             <div class="row">
                 <div class="col-lg-8 col-lg-offset-2">
                     <form id="search">
+                        <p>
+                            Paste a GitHub project URL, or the repository ("user/repository"):
+                        </p>
+
                         <div class="form-group input-group input-group-lg">
                             <input id="search-input" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="user/repository">
                             <span class="input-group-btn">
diff --git a/web/js/search.js b/web/js/search.js
index 505d9c7..d1ca8f0 100644
--- a/web/js/search.js
+++ b/web/js/search.js
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ jQuery(function ($) {
 
         var repository = $(this).find('#search-input').val();
 
+        if (repository.indexOf('https://github.com/') !== -1) {
+            repository = repository.slice('https://github.com/'.length);
+            console.log(repository);
+        }
+
         if (repository.length === 0 || repository.indexOf('/') === -1) {
             $(this).find('.alert-warning').show();
             return;