diff --git a/base/base_tests/string_utils_test.cpp b/base/base_tests/string_utils_test.cpp
index be6d3cbfef..fd37d4feb9 100644
--- a/base/base_tests/string_utils_test.cpp
+++ b/base/base_tests/string_utils_test.cpp
@@ -365,3 +365,18 @@ UNIT_TEST(UniStringToUtf8)
   strings::UniString uniS = strings::MakeUniString(utf8Text);
   TEST_EQUAL(string(utf8Text), strings::ToUtf8(uniS), ());
 }
+
+UNIT_TEST(StartsWith)
+{
+  using namespace strings;
+
+  TEST(StartsWith(string(), ""), ());
+
+  string s("xyz");
+  TEST(StartsWith(s, ""), ());
+  TEST(StartsWith(s, "x"), ());
+  TEST(StartsWith(s, "xyz"), ());
+  TEST(!StartsWith(s, "xyzabc"), ());
+  TEST(!StartsWith(s, "ayz"), ());
+  TEST(!StartsWith(s, "axy"), ());
+}
diff --git a/base/string_utils.cpp b/base/string_utils.cpp
index 2419beb37a..20c5bc3d68 100644
--- a/base/string_utils.cpp
+++ b/base/string_utils.cpp
@@ -147,4 +147,9 @@ string ToUtf8(UniString const & s)
   return result;
 }
 
+bool StartsWith(string const & s1, char const * s2)
+{
+  return (s1.compare(0, strlen(s2), s2) == 0);
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/base/string_utils.hpp b/base/string_utils.hpp
index 98dd14544e..f62dce1c30 100644
--- a/base/string_utils.hpp
+++ b/base/string_utils.hpp
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ inline string to_string(uint64_t i)
 }
 //@}
 
+bool StartsWith(string const & s1, char const * s2);
+
 /*
 template <typename ItT, typename DelimiterT>
 typename ItT::value_type JoinStrings(ItT begin, ItT end, DelimiterT const & delimiter)
diff --git a/map/framework.cpp b/map/framework.cpp
index 785f0c6d14..3a77681aea 100644
--- a/map/framework.cpp
+++ b/map/framework.cpp
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ void Framework::AddBookmarkAndSetViewport(Bookmark & bm, m2::RectD const & viewP
 
 bool Framework::SetViewportByURL(string const & url, url_api::Request & request)
 {
-  if (url.find("geo") == 0)
+  if (strings::StartsWith(url, "geo"))
   {
     using namespace url_scheme;
 
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ bool Framework::SetViewportByURL(string const & url, url_api::Request & request)
       return true;
     }
   }
-  else if (url.find("ge0") == 0)
+  else if (strings::StartsWith(url, "ge0"))
   {
     url_api::Ge0Parser parser;
     if (parser.Parse(url, request))
diff --git a/map/ge0_parser.cpp b/map/ge0_parser.cpp
index afee35b39d..8654d5cb9a 100644
--- a/map/ge0_parser.cpp
+++ b/map/ge0_parser.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 #include "ge0_parser.hpp"
 #include "url_api.hpp"
+
 #include "../api/internal/c/api-client-internals.h"
-#include "../coding/url_encode.hpp"
-#include "../base/math.hpp"
+
 #include "../indexer/mercator.hpp"
 
+#include "../coding/url_encode.hpp"
+
+#include "../base/math.hpp"
+#include "../base/string_utils.hpp"
+
+
 static const int ZOOM_POSITION = 6;
 
 url_api::Ge0Parser::Ge0Parser()
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ bool url_api::Ge0Parser::Parse(string const & url, Request & request)
   // ge0://ZCoordba64/Name
 
   request.Clear();
-  if (url.size() < 16 || url.substr(0, 6) != "ge0://")
+  if (url.size() < 16 || !strings::StartsWith(url, "ge0://"))
     return false;
 
   uint8_t const zoomI = DecodeBase64Char(url[ZOOM_POSITION]);