diff --git a/src/kgcl_schema/grammar/parser.py b/src/kgcl_schema/grammar/parser.py
index da80c8eb..307a7cdc 100644
--- a/src/kgcl_schema/grammar/parser.py
+++ b/src/kgcl_schema/grammar/parser.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def parse_statement(input: str) -> Change:
 
     Return an instantiated dataclass object from model.kgcl_schema.
     """
-    regex = r'<http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\(\),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+'
+    regex = r'http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\(\),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+'
     uri_list = re.findall(regex, input)
     if uri_list:
         # curie = curie_from_iri(uri[0].replace("<", "").replace(">",""))
diff --git a/tests/cases.py b/tests/cases.py
index 9545a1b0..3fb2b5ab 100644
--- a/tests/cases.py
+++ b/tests/cases.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         None
     ),
     (
-        f"create node {NEW_TERM} 'foo'",
+        f"create node {NEW_TERM_URI} 'foo'",
         # TODO: diff not working here:
         #f"create node {NEW_TERM_URI} 'foo'",
         TODO_TOKEN,