diff --git a/lib/anemone/http.rb b/lib/anemone/http.rb
index 3e6a298f..cb7a5530 100644
--- a/lib/anemone/http.rb
+++ b/lib/anemone/http.rb
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def verbose?
     # Allowed to connect to the requested url?
     #
     def allowed?(to_url, from_url)
-      to_url.host.nil? || (to_url.host == from_url.host)
+      to_url.host.nil? || (to_url.host.sub(/^www\./, '') == from_url.host.sub(/^www\./, ''))
     end
 
   end