diff --git a/packages/qr-code-scanner/README.md b/packages/qr-code-scanner/README.md
index 08a10232ad04e1b5415d499bf8b818fdbde77271..5d1704240de03ef640b354e25a3b375084cddc34 100644
--- a/packages/qr-code-scanner/README.md
+++ b/packages/qr-code-scanner/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ With this camera device you can scan a QR code. If a QR code is detected a event
 
 - `lang` (optional, default: `de`): set to `de` or `en` for German or English
     - example `<dbp-qr-code-scanner lang="de"></dbp-qr-code-scanner>`
-- `match-regex` (optional, default: `'.*'`): a regular expression that when matching the QR code will result in the event being emitted and give feedback to the user
+- `match-regex` (optional, default: `'.*'`): a regular expression that when matching the QR code will result in the user getting feedback
 - `show-output` (optional, default: `false`): set to `true` for showing 
 a box under the video canvas with the read QR code data
     - example `<dbp-qr-code-scanner show-output></dbp-qr-code-scanner>`
diff --git a/packages/qr-code-scanner/src/qr-code-scanner.js b/packages/qr-code-scanner/src/qr-code-scanner.js
index 345ac46db0cdf5a28cf424cb4f6d3cde209b49e1..865b6f7639c6f564e524cb6157a936c8e608d031 100644
--- a/packages/qr-code-scanner/src/qr-code-scanner.js
+++ b/packages/qr-code-scanner/src/qr-code-scanner.js
@@ -308,8 +308,7 @@ export class QrCodeScanner extends ScopedElementsMixin(DBPLitElement) {
                     outputMessage.hidden = true;
                     outputData.parentElement.hidden = false;
                     if (lastSentData !== code.data) {
-                        if (matched)
-                            that.sendUrl(code.data);
+                        that.sendUrl(code.data);
                         outputData.innerText = code.data;
                     }
                     lastSentData = code.data;