diff --git a/conf/default/web.conf.default b/conf/default/web.conf.default
index 0966b8f943f..6ec3a00c89d 100644
--- a/conf/default/web.conf.default
+++ b/conf/default/web.conf.default
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ expose_process_log = no
 reprocess_tasks = no
 # Allow to reprocess failed processing tasks
 reprocess_failed_processing = no
-# Allows you to define URL splitter, "," is default
-url_splitter = ,
+# Allows you to define URL splitter (for example comma). Empty value disables splitting
+url_splitter =
 # Limit number of files extracted from archive in demux.py
 demux_files_limit = 10
 
diff --git a/web/submission/views.py b/web/submission/views.py
index 5e0f26d1cff..fd3282fa413 100644
--- a/web/submission/views.py
+++ b/web/submission/views.py
@@ -426,7 +426,8 @@ def index(request, task_id=None, resubmit_hash=None):
         if task_category in ("url", "dlnexec"):
             if not samples:
                 return render(request, "error.html", {"error": "You specified an invalid URL!"})
-            for url in samples.split(web_conf.general.url_splitter):
+            urls = [u.strip() for u in samples.split(web_conf.general.url_splitter) if u.strip()] if web_conf.general.url_splitter else [samples]
+            for url in urls:
                 url = url.replace("hxxps://", "https://").replace("hxxp://", "http://").replace("[.]", ".")
                 if task_category == "dlnexec":
                     path, content, sha256 = process_new_dlnexec_task(url, route, options, custom)