diff --git a/buffer.c b/buffer.c
index 3b2352a..e70cffe 100644
--- a/buffer.c
+++ b/buffer.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ newBuffer(int width)
 #ifdef USE_M17N
     n->auto_detect = WcOption.auto_detect;
 #endif
+    n->check_url = MarkAllPages; /* use default from -o mark_all_pages */
+    n->need_reshape = 1;	 /* always reshape new buffers to mark URLs */
     return n;
 }
 
diff --git a/display.c b/display.c
index f1d6f99..e62d07f 100644
--- a/display.c
+++ b/display.c
@@ -497,6 +497,10 @@ displayBuffer(Buffer *buf, int mode)
 	save_current_buf = buf;
     }
 #endif
+    if (mode == B_FORCE_REDRAW &&  (buf->check_url & CHK_URL) ) {
+	chkURLBuffer(buf);
+	displayBuffer(buf, B_NORMAL);
+    }
 }
 
 static void