diff --git a/app/filter.py b/app/filter.py
index 42d175f..d68bf80 100644
--- a/app/filter.py
+++ b/app/filter.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import cssutils
+from app.utils.misc import SKIP_PREFIX
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from bs4.element import ResultSet, Tag
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
@@ -690,7 +691,12 @@ class Filter:
                             link_str.find('medium.com') + len('medium.com'):]
                     new_desc.string = link_str
                 else:
-                    new_desc.string = link_str.replace(site, alt)
+                    # start replacing after scheme//
+                    repl_start = link_str.find('//') + 1
+                    # end replacement on the next / that's found
+                    repl_end = link_str.find('/', repl_start)
+                    replace_site = link_str[repl_start:] if repl_end == -1 else link_str[repl_start:repl_end]
+                    new_desc.string = link_str.replace(replace_site, alt)
 
                 link_desc.replace_with(new_desc)
 
diff --git a/app/utils/misc.py b/app/utils/misc.py
index b0c74c2..8503044 100644
--- a/app/utils/misc.py
+++ b/app/utils/misc.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bsoup
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
 from flask import Request
 
+SKIP_PREFIX = ['//www.', '//mobile.', '//m.']
+
 ddg_favicon_site = 'http://icons.duckduckgo.com/ip2'
 
 empty_gif = base64.b64decode(
diff --git a/app/utils/results.py b/app/utils/results.py
index d7b3991..ace1c3b 100644
--- a/app/utils/results.py
+++ b/app/utils/results.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from app.models.config import Config
 from app.models.endpoint import Endpoint
-from app.utils.misc import list_to_dict
+from app.utils.misc import list_to_dict, SKIP_PREFIX
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup, NavigableString
 import copy
 from flask import current_app
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import re
 import warnings
 
 SKIP_ARGS = ['ref_src', 'utm']
-SKIP_PREFIX = ['//www.', '//mobile.', '//m.']
 GOOG_STATIC = 'www.gstatic.com'
 G_M_LOGO_URL = 'https://www.gstatic.com/m/images/icons/googleg.gif'
 GOOG_IMG = '/images/branding/searchlogo/1x/googlelogo'
@@ -197,6 +196,11 @@ def get_site_alt(link: str, site_alts: dict = SITE_ALTS) -> str:
 
     for site_key in site_alts.keys():
         site_alt = f'{parsed_link.scheme}://{site_key}'
+
+        # If an site alt is already present in the link, skip updating it
+        if site_alts[site_key] in link:
+            break
+
         if not hostname or site_alt not in hostcomp or not site_alts[site_key]:
             continue
 
@@ -204,7 +208,12 @@ def get_site_alt(link: str, site_alts: dict = SITE_ALTS) -> str:
         # a 2-char language code) to be passed as a URL param to Wikiless
         # in order to preserve the language setting.
         params = ''
-        if 'wikipedia' in hostname and len(subdomain) == 2:
+
+        # Fix edge case for simple.wikipedia.org where substitution with a language subdomain
+        # breaks the link
+        if 'wikipedia' in hostname and subdomain == 'simple' and 'wikipedia' in site_alts[site_key]:
+            break
+        elif 'wikipedia' in hostname and len(subdomain) == 2:
             hostname = f'{subdomain}.{hostname}'
             params = f'?lang={subdomain}'
         elif 'medium' in hostname and len(subdomain) > 0:
@@ -220,13 +229,13 @@ def get_site_alt(link: str, site_alts: dict = SITE_ALTS) -> str:
             link = '//'.join(link.split('//')[1:])
 
         for prefix in SKIP_PREFIX:
+            # replace the first occurrence of the prefix
+            link = link.replace(prefix, '//', 1)
             if parsed_alt.scheme:
                 # If a scheme is specified, remove everything before the
                 # first occurence of it
                 link = f'{parsed_alt.scheme}{link.split(parsed_alt.scheme, 1)[-1]}'
-            else:
-                # Otherwise, replace the first occurrence of the prefix
-                link = link.replace(prefix, '//', 1)
+
         break
 
     return link