diff --git a/pkg/commands/hosting_service/definitions.go b/pkg/commands/hosting_service/definitions.go
index 130bf0481..09fa191c8 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/hosting_service/definitions.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/hosting_service/definitions.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package hosting_service
 
+import "regexp"
+
 // if you want to make a custom regex for a given service feel free to test it out
 // at https://regex101.com using the flavor Golang
-var defaultUrlRegexStrings = []string{
-	`^(?:https?|ssh)://[^/]+/(?P<owner>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`,
-	`^(.*?@)?.*:/*(?P<owner>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`,
+var defaultUrlRegexps = []*regexp.Regexp{
+	regexp.MustCompile(`^(?:https?|ssh)://[^/]+/(?P<owner>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`),
+	regexp.MustCompile(`^(.*?@)?.*:/*(?P<owner>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`),
 }
 
 var (
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ var githubServiceDef = ServiceDefinition{
 	pullRequestURLIntoDefaultBranch: "/compare/{{.From}}?expand=1",
 	pullRequestURLIntoTargetBranch:  "/compare/{{.To}}...{{.From}}?expand=1",
 	commitURL:                       "/commit/{{.CommitHash}}",
-	regexStrings:                    defaultUrlRegexStrings,
+	urlRegexps:                      defaultUrlRegexps,
 	repoURLTemplate:                 defaultRepoURLTemplate,
 	repoNameTemplate:                defaultRepoNameTemplate,
 }
@@ -29,9 +31,9 @@ var bitbucketServiceDef = ServiceDefinition{
 	pullRequestURLIntoDefaultBranch: "/pull-requests/new?source={{.From}}&t=1",
 	pullRequestURLIntoTargetBranch:  "/pull-requests/new?source={{.From}}&dest={{.To}}&t=1",
 	commitURL:                       "/commits/{{.CommitHash}}",
-	regexStrings: []string{
-		`^(?:https?|ssh)://.*/(?P<owner>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`,
-		`^.*@.*:/*(?P<owner>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`,
+	urlRegexps: []*regexp.Regexp{
+		regexp.MustCompile(`^(?:https?|ssh)://.*/(?P<owner>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`),
+		regexp.MustCompile(`^.*@.*:/*(?P<owner>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`),
 	},
 	repoURLTemplate:  defaultRepoURLTemplate,
 	repoNameTemplate: defaultRepoNameTemplate,
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ var gitLabServiceDef = ServiceDefinition{
 	pullRequestURLIntoDefaultBranch: "/-/merge_requests/new?merge_request%5Bsource_branch%5D={{.From}}",
 	pullRequestURLIntoTargetBranch:  "/-/merge_requests/new?merge_request%5Bsource_branch%5D={{.From}}&merge_request%5Btarget_branch%5D={{.To}}",
 	commitURL:                       "/-/commit/{{.CommitHash}}",
-	regexStrings:                    defaultUrlRegexStrings,
+	urlRegexps:                      defaultUrlRegexps,
 	repoURLTemplate:                 defaultRepoURLTemplate,
 	repoNameTemplate:                defaultRepoNameTemplate,
 }
@@ -52,11 +54,11 @@ var azdoServiceDef = ServiceDefinition{
 	pullRequestURLIntoDefaultBranch: "/pullrequestcreate?sourceRef={{.From}}",
 	pullRequestURLIntoTargetBranch:  "/pullrequestcreate?sourceRef={{.From}}&targetRef={{.To}}",
 	commitURL:                       "/commit/{{.CommitHash}}",
-	regexStrings: []string{
-		`^.+@vs-ssh\.visualstudio\.com[:/](?:v3/)?(?P<org>[^/]+)/(?P<project>[^/]+)/(?P<repo>[^/]+?)(?:\.git)?$`,
-		`^git@ssh.dev.azure.com.*/(?P<org>.*)/(?P<project>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`,
-		`^https://.*@dev.azure.com/(?P<org>.*?)/(?P<project>.*?)/_git/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`,
-		`^https://.*/(?P<org>.*?)/(?P<project>.*?)/_git/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`,
+	urlRegexps: []*regexp.Regexp{
+		regexp.MustCompile(`^.+@vs-ssh\.visualstudio\.com[:/](?:v3/)?(?P<org>[^/]+)/(?P<project>[^/]+)/(?P<repo>[^/]+?)(?:\.git)?$`),
+		regexp.MustCompile(`^git@ssh.dev.azure.com.*/(?P<org>.*)/(?P<project>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`),
+		regexp.MustCompile(`^https://.*@dev.azure.com/(?P<org>.*?)/(?P<project>.*?)/_git/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`),
+		regexp.MustCompile(`^https://.*/(?P<org>.*?)/(?P<project>.*?)/_git/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`),
 	},
 	repoURLTemplate:  "https://{{.webDomain}}/{{.org}}/{{.project}}/_git/{{.repo}}",
 	repoNameTemplate: "{{.org}}/{{.project}}/{{.repo}}",
@@ -67,9 +69,9 @@ var bitbucketServerServiceDef = ServiceDefinition{
 	pullRequestURLIntoDefaultBranch: "/pull-requests?create&sourceBranch={{.From}}",
 	pullRequestURLIntoTargetBranch:  "/pull-requests?create&targetBranch={{.To}}&sourceBranch={{.From}}",
 	commitURL:                       "/commits/{{.CommitHash}}",
-	regexStrings: []string{
-		`^ssh://git@.*/(?P<project>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`,
-		`^https://.*/scm/(?P<project>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`,
+	urlRegexps: []*regexp.Regexp{
+		regexp.MustCompile(`^ssh://git@.*/(?P<project>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`),
+		regexp.MustCompile(`^https://.*/scm/(?P<project>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(?:\.git)?$`),
 	},
 	repoURLTemplate:  "https://{{.webDomain}}/projects/{{.project}}/repos/{{.repo}}",
 	repoNameTemplate: "{{.project}}/{{.repo}}",
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ var giteaServiceDef = ServiceDefinition{
 	pullRequestURLIntoDefaultBranch: "/compare/{{.From}}",
 	pullRequestURLIntoTargetBranch:  "/compare/{{.To}}...{{.From}}",
 	commitURL:                       "/commit/{{.CommitHash}}",
-	regexStrings:                    defaultUrlRegexStrings,
+	urlRegexps:                      defaultUrlRegexps,
 	repoURLTemplate:                 defaultRepoURLTemplate,
 }
 
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ var codebergServiceDef = ServiceDefinition{
 	pullRequestURLIntoDefaultBranch: "/compare/{{.From}}",
 	pullRequestURLIntoTargetBranch:  "/compare/{{.To}}...{{.From}}",
 	commitURL:                       "/commit/{{.CommitHash}}",
-	regexStrings:                    defaultUrlRegexStrings,
+	urlRegexps:                      defaultUrlRegexps,
 	repoURLTemplate:                 defaultRepoURLTemplate,
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/hosting_service/hosting_service.go b/pkg/commands/hosting_service/hosting_service.go
index ad1f072c5..ff2641441 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/hosting_service/hosting_service.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/hosting_service/hosting_service.go
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ type ServiceDefinition struct {
 	pullRequestURLIntoDefaultBranch string
 	pullRequestURLIntoTargetBranch  string
 	commitURL                       string
-	regexStrings                    []string
+	urlRegexps                      []*regexp.Regexp
 
 	// can expect 'webdomain' to be passed in. Otherwise, you get to pick what we match in the regex
 	repoURLTemplate  string
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ func (self ServiceDefinition) getRepoNameFromRemoteURL(url string) (string, erro
 }
 
 func (self ServiceDefinition) parseRemoteUrl(url string) (map[string]string, error) {
-	for _, regexStr := range self.regexStrings {
-		re := regexp.MustCompile(regexStr)
+	for _, re := range self.urlRegexps {
 		matches := utils.FindNamedMatches(re, url)
 		if matches != nil {
 			return matches, nil
@@ -242,8 +241,7 @@ type RepoInformation struct {
 // GetRepoInfoFromURL parses a remote URL (SSH or HTTPS) and extracts the
 // owner and repository name using the default URL regex patterns.
 func GetRepoInfoFromURL(url string) (RepoInformation, error) {
-	for _, regexStr := range defaultUrlRegexStrings {
-		re := regexp.MustCompile(regexStr)
+	for _, re := range defaultUrlRegexps {
 		matches := utils.FindNamedMatches(re, url)
 		if matches != nil {
 			return RepoInformation{