diff --git a/src/en/existentialcomics/build.gradle b/src/en/existentialcomics/build.gradle
index 4396aec6c..8bc682d9a 100644
--- a/src/en/existentialcomics/build.gradle
+++ b/src/en/existentialcomics/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ext {
     appName = 'Tachiyomi: Existential Comics'
     pkgNameSuffix = 'en.existentialcomics'
     extClass = '.ExistentialComics'
-    extVersionCode = 2
+    extVersionCode = 3
     libVersion = '1.2'
 }
 
diff --git a/src/en/existentialcomics/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/existentialcomics/ExistentialComics.kt b/src/en/existentialcomics/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/existentialcomics/ExistentialComics.kt
index 99ad6137e..1fba9cf2e 100644
--- a/src/en/existentialcomics/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/existentialcomics/ExistentialComics.kt
+++ b/src/en/existentialcomics/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/existentialcomics/ExistentialComics.kt
@@ -43,15 +43,10 @@ class ExistentialComics : ParsedHttpSource() {
     override fun chapterListSelector() = "div#date-comics ul li a:eq(0)"
 
     override fun chapterFromElement(element: Element): SChapter {
-        val urlregex = "https://existentialcomics.com/comic/(.*)".toRegex()
-        val chapterUrl = element.attr("href")
-
-        val number = urlregex.find(chapterUrl)!!.groupValues[1]
-
         val chapter = SChapter.create()
-        chapter.url = "/comic/$number"
+        chapter.setUrlWithoutDomain(element.attr("href"))
         chapter.name = element.text()
-        chapter.chapter_number = number.toFloat()
+        chapter.chapter_number = chapter.url.substringAfterLast("/").toFloat()
         return chapter
     }