diff --git a/app/common/lib/suggestion.js b/app/common/lib/suggestion.js
index 1fa9521fc94..093273750a8 100644
--- a/app/common/lib/suggestion.js
+++ b/app/common/lib/suggestion.js
@@ -291,6 +291,16 @@ const sortBySimpleURL = (s1, s2) => {
   if (!url1IsSimple && url2IsSimple) {
     return 1
   }
+  const url1IsSecure = s1.parsedUrl.protocol === 'https:'
+  const url2IsSecure = s2.parsedUrl.protocol === 'https:'
+  if (url1IsSimple && url2IsSimple) {
+    if (url1IsSecure && !url2IsSecure) {
+      return -1
+    }
+    if (!url1IsSecure && url2IsSecure) {
+      return 1
+    }
+  }
   return 0
 }
 
@@ -320,6 +330,7 @@ const getSortForSuggestions = (userInputLower) => {
   userInputLower = userInputLower.replace(/^https:\/\//, '')
   const userInputParts = userInputLower.split('/')
   const userInputHost = userInputParts[0]
+  const userInputValue = userInputParts[1] || ''
   const sortByDomain = getSortByDomain(userInputLower, userInputHost)
   const sortByPath = getSortByPath(userInputLower)
   const {sortByAccessCountWithAgeDecay} = require('./suggestion')
@@ -328,13 +339,15 @@ const getSortForSuggestions = (userInputLower) => {
     s1.parsedUrl = s1.parsedUrl || urlParse(getURL(s1) || '')
     s2.parsedUrl = s2.parsedUrl || urlParse(getURL(s2) || '')
 
-    const sortByDomainResult = sortByDomain(s1, s2)
-    if (sortByDomainResult !== 0) {
-      return sortByDomainResult
+    if (!userInputValue) {
+      const sortByDomainResult = sortByDomain(s1, s2)
+      if (sortByDomainResult !== 0) {
+        return sortByDomainResult
+      }
     }
 
-    const path1 = s1.parsedUrl.path + (s1.parsedUrl.hash || '')
-    const path2 = s2.parsedUrl.path + (s2.parsedUrl.hash || '')
+    const path1 = s1.parsedUrl.host + s1.parsedUrl.path + (s1.parsedUrl.hash || '')
+    const path2 = s2.parsedUrl.host + s2.parsedUrl.path + (s2.parsedUrl.hash || '')
     const sortByPathResult = sortByPath(path1, path2)
     if (sortByPathResult !== 0) {
       return sortByPathResult
diff --git a/app/renderer/components/navigation/urlBar.js b/app/renderer/components/navigation/urlBar.js
index e864e8abd44..d972d8d753d 100644
--- a/app/renderer/components/navigation/urlBar.js
+++ b/app/renderer/components/navigation/urlBar.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class UrlBar extends React.Component {
     this.onContextMenu = this.onContextMenu.bind(this)
     this.keyPressed = false
     this.showAutocompleteResult = debounce(() => {
-      if (this.keyPressed || !this.urlInput || this.props.locationValueSuffix.length === 0) {
+      if (this.keyPressed || !this.urlInput) {
         return
       }
       this.updateAutocomplete(this.lastVal)
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class UrlBar extends React.Component {
       } else if (this.props.location !== prevProps.location) {
         // This is a url nav change
         this.setValue(UrlUtil.getDisplayLocation(this.props.location, pdfjsEnabled))
-      } else if (this.props.hasLocationValueSuffix &&
+      } else if (this.props.hasSuggestionMatch &&
                 this.props.isActive &&
                 this.props.locationValueSuffix !== this.lastSuffix) {
         this.showAutocompleteResult()
@@ -508,7 +508,6 @@ class UrlBar extends React.Component {
     props.title = activeFrame.get('title') || ''
     props.scriptsBlocked = activeFrame.getIn(['noScript', 'blocked'])
     props.isSecure = activeFrame.getIn(['security', 'isSecure'])
-    props.hasLocationValueSuffix = urlbar.getIn(['suggestions', 'urlSuffix'])
     props.hasSuggestionMatch = urlbar.getIn(['suggestions', 'hasSuggestionMatch'])
     props.startLoadTime = activeFrame.get('startLoadTime')
     props.endLoadTime = activeFrame.get('endLoadTime')
diff --git a/test/unit/app/common/lib/suggestionTest.js b/test/unit/app/common/lib/suggestionTest.js
index f0cdde43010..1faf67ad6cc 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/common/lib/suggestionTest.js
+++ b/test/unit/app/common/lib/suggestionTest.js
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ describe('suggestion unit tests', function () {
       it('trailing hash is considered simple', function () {
         assert.equal(this.sort('https://brave.com/#', 'https://twitter.com'), 0)
       })
+      it('Prefers https sipmle URLs', function () {
+        assert(this.sort('https://brave.com', 'http://brave.com') < 0)
+      })
     })
     describe('getSortByDomain', function () {
       before(function () {
@@ -248,5 +251,51 @@ describe('suggestion unit tests', function () {
         assert(this.sort('https://www.google.com', 'https://www.google.com/extra') < 0)
       })
     })
+    describe('getSortForSuggestions', function () {
+      describe('with url entered as path', function () {
+        before(function () {
+          const userInputLower = 'brianbondy.com/projects'
+          const userInputParts = userInputLower.split('/')
+          const userInputHost = userInputParts[0]
+          const internalSort = suggestion.getSortForSuggestions(userInputLower, userInputHost)
+          this.sort = (url1, url2) => {
+            return internalSort(
+              { location: url1, parsedUrl: urlParse(url1) },
+              { location: url2, parsedUrl: urlParse(url2) }
+            )
+          }
+        })
+        it('returns 0 when both urls are the same', function () {
+          assert.equal(this.sort('https://www.google.com', 'https://www.google.com'), 0)
+        })
+        it('matches exact path if more specific path is specified', function () {
+          assert(this.sort('https://brianbondy.com', 'https://www.brianbondy.com/projects/2') > 0)
+        })
+      })
+      describe('with single string entered', function () {
+        before(function () {
+          const userInputLower = 'brianbondy.c'
+          const userInputParts = userInputLower.split('/')
+          const userInputHost = userInputParts[0]
+          const internalSort = suggestion.getSortForSuggestions(userInputLower, userInputHost)
+          this.sort = (url1, url2) => {
+            return internalSort(
+              { location: url1, parsedUrl: urlParse(url1) },
+              { location: url2, parsedUrl: urlParse(url2) }
+            )
+          }
+        })
+        it('matches on domain name first', function () {
+          assert(this.sort('https://www.brianbondy.com', 'https://www.google.com/brianbondy.co') < 0)
+        })
+        it('matches with or without protocol', function () {
+          assert(this.sort('https://www.2brianbondy.com', 'http://www.brianbondy.com') > 0)
+          assert(this.sort('https://brianbondy.com', 'www.brianbondy.com') < 0)
+        })
+        it('non-wwww. matches before www.', function () {
+          assert(this.sort('https://brianbondy.com', 'www.brianbondy.com') < 0)
+        })
+      })
+    })
   })
 })