diff --git a/src/lib/uri.sh b/src/lib/uri.sh
index 805e2cf..b5911e2 100644
--- a/src/lib/uri.sh
+++ b/src/lib/uri.sh
@@ -33,35 +33,47 @@ parse_uri() {
     #   query
     #   fragment
 
-    local uri="$1"
+    local uri
+    local authority
+    local userinfo
+    local host
+    local ipv6_hostname
+
+    uri="$1"
 
     # * Get scheme
-    scheme="$(<<< "$uri" cut -d ':' -f 1)"
+    scheme="${uri%%:*}"
 
     # * Get authority component
     # The absence of two slashes (//) after the scheme means that the path
     # component follows, not the authority.
     if [[ "$uri" =~ ${scheme}:[^//] ]]; then
-        local authority=
+        # Example (empty authority): scheme:/path
+        authority=
+    elif [[ "$uri" =~ ${scheme}:/// ]]; then
+        # Example (empty authority): scheme:///path
+        authority=
     else
-        # Fix 'scheme://host' test failure
+        # Exapmle: scheme://authority/path
+
+        # Fix 'scheme://authority' test failure
         # Correctly detect authority component if empty path is set
         if <<< "$uri" sed 's/\/\///g' | grep / &>/dev/null; then
             # URI contain non empty path component
-            local authority="$(<<< "$uri" grep -Po '(?<=//)(.[^/]+)(?=/)')"
+            authority="$(<<< "$uri" grep -Po '(?<=//)(.[^/]+)(?=/)')" || true
         else
-            # If URI don/t contain path starts with "/"
-            local authority="$(<<< "$uri" grep -Po '(?<=//)(.[^/]+)$')"
+            # If URI does not contain path starts with "/"
+            authority="$(<<< "$uri" grep -Po '(?<=//)(.[^/]+)$')" || true
         fi
     fi
 
     # * Get host and userinfo components if authority is set.
     if [[ "$authority" =~ @ ]]; then
-        local userinfo="$(<<< "$authority" cut -d '@' -f 1)"
-        local host="$(<<< "$authority" cut -d '@' -f 2)"
+        userinfo="$(<<< "$authority" cut -d '@' -f 1)" || true
+        host="$(<<< "$authority" cut -d '@' -f 2)" || true
     else
-        local userinfo=
-        local host="$authority"
+        userinfo=
+        host="$authority"
     fi
 
     # * Get fragment
@@ -72,19 +84,19 @@ parse_uri() {
 
     # * Get path
     if [[ "$uri" =~ ^${scheme}:// ]]; then
-        path="$(<<< "$uri" sed "s/${scheme}:\/\/${authority//\[/\\[}//g")"
-        path="$(<<< "$path" sed "s/\?${query}//g;s/#${fragment}//g")"
+        path="$(<<< "$uri" sed "s/${scheme}:\/\/${authority//\[/\\[}//g")" || true
+        path="$(<<< "$path" sed "s/\?${query}//g;s/#${fragment}//g")" || true
         # Dirty hack for 'schema://host:~/path'
         if [[ "$uri" =~ :~/ ]]; then
             path="~${path}"
         fi
     else
         # For non authority component URI
-        path="$(<<< "$uri" sed "s/${scheme}://g")"
+        path="$(<<< "$uri" sed "s/${scheme}://g")" || true
     fi
 
     # * Get hostname and port
-    local ipv6_hostname="$(<<< "$host" grep -Po '\[(.*)\]')"
+    ipv6_hostname="$(<<< "$host" grep -Po '\[(.*)\]')" || true
     if [ "$ipv6_hostname" ]; then
         hostname="$ipv6_hostname"
         port="$(<<< "$host" awk -F ']:' '{print $2}')"