diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ca7eb715f..ab566e836 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1704,9 +1704,9 @@ checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a62bc1cf6f830c2ec14a513a9fb124d0a213a629668a4186f329db21fe045652"
+checksum = "e13624c2627564efccf4934284bdd98cbaa14e79b0b5a141218e507b3a823456"
 dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
@@ -2756,9 +2756,9 @@ checksum = "b9e0384b61958566e926dc50660321d12159025e767c18e043daf26b70104c39"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7d20d6b07bfbc108882d88ed8e37d39636dcc260e15e30c45e6ba089610b917c"
+checksum = "634d9b1461af396cad843f47fdba5597a4f9e6ddd4bfb6ff5d85028c25cb12f6"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-bidi",
  "unicode-normalization",
@@ -3563,6 +3563,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "toml",
+ "url",
  "urlencoding",
  "uuid 1.5.0",
  "vergen",
@@ -4071,9 +4072,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
-version = "2.3.0"
+version = "2.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9b2a4787296e9989611394c33f193f676704af1686e70b8f8033ab5ba9a35a94"
+checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "permissive-json-pointer"
@@ -5603,13 +5604,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
-version = "2.4.0"
+version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "50bff7831e19200a85b17131d085c25d7811bc4e186efdaf54bbd132994a88cb"
+checksum = "31e6302e3bb753d46e83516cae55ae196fc0c309407cf11ab35cc51a4c2a4633"
 dependencies = [
  "form_urlencoded",
  "idna",
  "percent-encoding",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/meilisearch/Cargo.toml b/meilisearch/Cargo.toml
index c59b38fa6..434a488f5 100644
--- a/meilisearch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/meilisearch/Cargo.toml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ walkdir = "2.3.3"
 yaup = "0.2.1"
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7.1"
 termcolor = "1.2.0"
+url = { version = "2.5.0", features = ["serde"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 actix-rt = "2.8.0"
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/lib.rs b/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
index 14a1c5b45..3698e5da4 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ fn open_or_create_database_unchecked(
             indexes_path: opt.db_path.join("indexes"),
             snapshots_path: opt.snapshot_dir.clone(),
             dumps_path: opt.dump_dir.clone(),
-            webhook_url: opt.task_webhook_url.clone(),
+            webhook_url: opt.task_webhook_url.as_ref().map(|url| url.to_string()),
             task_db_size: opt.max_task_db_size.get_bytes() as usize,
             index_base_map_size: opt.max_index_size.get_bytes() as usize,
             enable_mdb_writemap: opt.experimental_reduce_indexing_memory_usage,
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/option.rs b/meilisearch/src/option.rs
index 37472e174..e1f16d888 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/option.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/option.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use rustls::RootCertStore;
 use rustls_pemfile::{certs, pkcs8_private_keys, rsa_private_keys};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sysinfo::{RefreshKind, System, SystemExt};
+use url::Url;
 
 const POSSIBLE_ENV: [&str; 2] = ["development", "production"];
 
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@ const MEILI_MAX_INDEXING_MEMORY: &str = "MEILI_MAX_INDEXING_MEMORY";
 const MEILI_MAX_INDEXING_THREADS: &str = "MEILI_MAX_INDEXING_THREADS";
 const DEFAULT_LOG_EVERY_N: usize = 100_000;
 
+fn parse_url(s: &str) -> Result<Url, url::ParseError> {
+    Url::parse(s)
+}
+
 // Each environment (index and task-db) is taking space in the virtual address space.
 // Ideally, indexes can occupy 2TiB each to avoid having to manually resize them.
 // The actual size of the virtual address space is computed at startup to determine how many 2TiB indexes can be
@@ -159,7 +164,7 @@ pub struct Opt {
 
     /// Called whenever a task finishes so a third party can be notified.
     #[clap(long, env = MEILI_TASK_WEBHOOK_URL)]
-    pub task_webhook_url: Option<String>,
+    pub task_webhook_url: Option<Url>,
 
     /// Deactivates Meilisearch's built-in telemetry when provided.
     ///
@@ -416,7 +421,7 @@ impl Opt {
         }
         export_to_env_if_not_present(MEILI_ENV, env);
         if let Some(task_webhook_url) = task_webhook_url {
-            export_to_env_if_not_present(MEILI_TASK_WEBHOOK_URL, task_webhook_url);
+            export_to_env_if_not_present(MEILI_TASK_WEBHOOK_URL, task_webhook_url.to_string());
         }
 
         #[cfg(feature = "analytics")]