diff --git a/src/terminal.cc b/src/terminal.cc
index cda8257..98d9bfa 100644
--- a/src/terminal.cc
+++ b/src/terminal.cc
@@ -4,17 +4,6 @@
 #include "info.h"
 #include "notebook.h"
 #include <iostream>
-//Temporary fix for current Arch Linux boost linking problem
-#ifdef __GNUC_PREREQ
-#if __GNUC_PREREQ(5,1)
-#include <regex>
-#define REGEX_NS std
-#endif
-#endif
-#ifndef REGEX_NS
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
-#define REGEX_NS boost
-#endif
 
 Terminal::InProgress::InProgress(const std::string& start_msg): stop(false) {
   start(start_msg);
@@ -51,6 +40,8 @@ void Terminal::InProgress::cancel(const std::string& msg) {
     Terminal::get().async_print(line_nr-1, msg);
 }
 
+const REGEX_NS::regex Terminal::link_regex("^([A-Z]:)?([^:]+):([0-9]+):([0-9]+)$");
+
 Terminal::Terminal() {
   bold_tag=get_buffer()->create_tag();
   bold_tag->property_weight()=PANGO_WEIGHT_BOLD;
@@ -206,8 +197,12 @@ void Terminal::apply_link_tags(Gtk::TextIter start_iter, Gtk::TextIter end_iter)
           if(offset!=2)
 #endif
             ++colons;
-          if(colons==3 && possible_path)
-            get_buffer()->apply_tag(link_tag, start_path_iter, iter);
+          if(colons==3 && possible_path) {
+            REGEX_NS::smatch sm;
+            if(REGEX_NS::regex_match(get_buffer()->get_text(start_path_iter, iter).raw(), sm, link_regex))
+              get_buffer()->apply_tag(link_tag, start_path_iter, iter);
+            possible_path=false;
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -355,9 +350,8 @@ bool Terminal::on_button_press_event(GdkEventButton* button_event) {
     if(iter.has_tag(link_tag) &&
        start_iter.backward_to_tag_toggle(link_tag) && end_iter.forward_to_tag_toggle(link_tag)) {
       std::string path_str=get_buffer()->get_text(start_iter, end_iter);
-      const static REGEX_NS::regex path_regex("^([A-Z]:)?([^:]+):([0-9]+):([0-9]+)$");
       REGEX_NS::smatch sm;
-      if(REGEX_NS::regex_match(path_str, sm, path_regex)) {
+      if(REGEX_NS::regex_match(path_str, sm, link_regex)) {
         auto path_str=sm[1].str()+sm[2].str();
         auto path=boost::filesystem::path(path_str);
         boost::system::error_code ec;
diff --git a/src/terminal.h b/src/terminal.h
index 566d39d..832132c 100644
--- a/src/terminal.h
+++ b/src/terminal.h
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@
 #include "process.hpp"
 #include "dispatcher.h"
 #include <unordered_set>
+//Temporary fix for current Arch Linux boost linking problem
+#ifdef __GNUC_PREREQ
+#if __GNUC_PREREQ(5,1)
+#include <regex>
+#define REGEX_NS std
+#endif
+#endif
+#ifndef REGEX_NS
+#include <boost/regex.hpp>
+#define REGEX_NS boost
+#endif
 
 class Terminal : public Gtk::TextView {
 public:
@@ -63,6 +74,7 @@ private:
   Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Cursor> link_mouse_cursor;
   Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Cursor> default_mouse_cursor;
   size_t deleted_lines=0;
+  const static REGEX_NS::regex link_regex;
   void apply_link_tags(Gtk::TextIter start_iter, Gtk::TextIter end_iter);
 
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Process> > processes;