diff --git a/src/clj/commiteth/routes/webhooks.clj b/src/clj/commiteth/routes/webhooks.clj
index e12ccd6..e8f2f03 100644
--- a/src/clj/commiteth/routes/webhooks.clj
+++ b/src/clj/commiteth/routes/webhooks.clj
@@ -82,28 +82,33 @@
   (when (issues/is-bounty-issue? issue-id)
     (issues/update-open-status issue-id true)))
 
-(def ^:const keywords
-  [#"(?i)close:?\s+#(\d+)"
-   #"(?i)closes:?\s+#(\d+)"
-   #"(?i)closed:?\s+#(\d+)"
-   #"(?i)fix:?\s+#(\d+)"
-   #"(?i)fixes:?\s+#(\d+)"
-   #"(?i)fixed:?\s+#(\d+)"
-   #"(?i)resolve:?\s?#(\d+)"
-   #"(?i)resolves:?\s+#(\d+)"
-   #"(?i)resolved:?\s+#(\d+)"])
+(defn pr-keywords [prefix]
+  (mapv
+    #(re-pattern (str "(?i)" %1 ":?\\s+" prefix "(\\d+)"))
+    ["close"
+     "closes"
+     "closed"
+     "fix"
+     "fixes"
+     "fixed"
+     "resolve"
+     "resolves"
+     "resolved"]))
 
 (defn extract-issue-number
-  [pr-body pr-title]
+  [owner repo pr-body pr-title]
   (let [cleaned-body (str/replace pr-body #"(?m)^\[comment.*$" "")
+        keywords (concat (pr-keywords "#") 
+                         (when-not (or (str/blank? owner) (str/blank? repo))
+                           (pr-keywords (str "https://github.com/" owner "/" repo "/"))))
         extract (fn [source]
                   (mapcat #(keep
-                            (fn [s]
-                              (try (let [issue-number (Integer/parseInt (second s))]
-                                     (when (pos? issue-number)
-                                       issue-number))
-                                   (catch NumberFormatException _)))
-                            (re-seq % source)) keywords))]
+                             (fn [s]
+                               (try (let [issue-number (Integer/parseInt (second s))]
+                                      (when (pos? issue-number)
+                                        issue-number))
+                                    (catch NumberFormatException _)))
+                             (re-seq % source)) keywords))]
     (log/debug cleaned-body)
     (concat (extract cleaned-body)
             (extract pr-title))))
@@ -169,7 +174,7 @@
      pr-body         :body
      pr-title        :title} :pull_request}]
   (log/info "handle-pull-request-event" event-type owner repo repo-id login pr-body pr-title)
-  (if-let [issue (some->> (extract-issue-number pr-body pr-title)
+  (if-let [issue (some->> (extract-issue-number owner repo pr-body pr-title)
                           (first)
                           (issues/get-issue repo-id))]
     (if-not (:commit_sha issue) ; no PR has been merged yet referencing this issue
diff --git a/test/clj/commiteth/test/github.clj b/test/clj/commiteth/test/github.clj
index 96e2416..6161dde 100644
--- a/test/clj/commiteth/test/github.clj
+++ b/test/clj/commiteth/test/github.clj
@@ -4,14 +4,20 @@
 
 (deftest test-github-keywords
   (testing "Several keywords in mixed case"
-    (let [res (set (extract-issue-number "body"
+    (let [res (set (extract-issue-number "" "" "body"
                      "Fixes #12 and cloSes       #000028 and also resolved \n#32"))]
       (is (= #{12 28 32} res))))
   (testing "Ignoring big numbers and zeroes"
-    (let [res (set (extract-issue-number "body"
+    (let [res (set (extract-issue-number "" "" "body"
                      "Fixes #298374298229087345 and closes #0xFFEF"))]
       (is (= #{} res))))
   (testing "Consider both body and title"
-    (let [res (set (extract-issue-number "Fixes #1"
+    (let [res (set (extract-issue-number "" ""
+                                         "Fixes #1"
                                          "Fixes #2"))]
+      (is (= #{1 2} res))))
+  (testing "Use issue URL instead of number"
+    (let [res (set (extract-issue-number "status-im" "status-react"
+                                         "Fixes https://github.com/status-im/status-react/1"
+                                         "Fixes https://github.com/status-im/status-react/2"))]
       (is (= #{1 2} res)))))
diff --git a/test/clj/commiteth/test/webhooks.clj b/test/clj/commiteth/test/webhooks.clj
index 5395877..dfb0a56 100644
--- a/test/clj/commiteth/test/webhooks.clj
+++ b/test/clj/commiteth/test/webhooks.clj
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
   (testing "Basic fixes case from PR body"
     (let [title "foo"
           body "fixes #123"]
-      (is (= '(123) (webhooks/extract-issue-number body title)))))
+      (is (= '(123) (webhooks/extract-issue-number "" "" body title)))))
   (testing "Basic fixes case from PR title"
     (let [title "My title (fixes: #123)"
           body "no use for a body"]
-      (is (= '(123) (webhooks/extract-issue-number body title)))))
+      (is (= '(123) (webhooks/extract-issue-number "" "" body title)))))
   (testing "Commented issue number ignored in PR body"
     (let [title "foo"
           body "
 fixes #123
 [comment]: # (To auto-close issue on merge, please insert the related issue number after # i.e fixes #566)
 "]
-      (is (= '(123) (webhooks/extract-issue-number body title))))))
+      (is (= '(123) (webhooks/extract-issue-number "" "" body title))))))