diff --git a/bridges/TikTokBridge.php b/bridges/TikTokBridge.php
index a426d065..48de2ba5 100644
--- a/bridges/TikTokBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/TikTokBridge.php
@@ -26,18 +26,6 @@ class TikTokBridge extends BridgeAbstract
 
     private $feedName = '';
 
-    public function detectParameters($url)
-    {
-        if (preg_match('/tiktok\.com\/(@[\w]+)/', $url, $matches) > 0) {
-            return [
-                'context' => 'By user',
-                'username' => $matches[1]
-            ];
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
     public function collectData()
     {
         $html = getSimpleHTMLDOM($this->getURI());
@@ -48,10 +36,15 @@ class TikTokBridge extends BridgeAbstract
         foreach ($html->find('div.tiktok-x6y88p-DivItemContainerV2') as $div) {
             $item = [];
 
+            // todo: find proper link to tiktok item
             $link = $div->find('a', 0)->href;
+
             $image = $div->find('img', 0)->src;
             $views = $div->find('strong.video-count', 0)->plaintext;
 
+            if ($link === 'https://www.tiktok.com/') {
+                $link = $this->getURI();
+            }
             $item['uri'] = $link;
 
             $a = $div->find('a', 1);
@@ -93,10 +86,25 @@ EOD;
 
     private function processUsername()
     {
-        if (substr($this->getInput('username'), 0, 1) !== '@') {
-            return '@' . $this->getInput('username');
+        $username = trim($this->getInput('username'));
+        if (preg_match('#^https?://www\.tiktok\.com/@(.*)$#', $username, $m)) {
+            return '@' . $m[1];
+        }
+        if (substr($username, 0, 1) !== '@') {
+            return '@' . $username;
+        }
+        return $username;
+    }
+
+    public function detectParameters($url)
+    {
+        if (preg_match('/tiktok\.com\/(@[\w]+)/', $url, $matches) > 0) {
+            return [
+                'context' => 'By user',
+                'username' => $matches[1]
+            ];
         }
 
-        return $this->getInput('username');
+        return null;
     }
 }