diff --git a/packages/app/src/Const.ts b/packages/app/src/Const.ts
index 9ac753e7..cea06851 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Const.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/Const.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ export const EmailRegex =
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-escape
   /^(([^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/;
 
+/**
+ * Regex to match a mnemonic seed
+ */
+export const MnemonicRegex = /^([^\s]+\s){11}[^\s]+$/;
+
 /**
  * Extract file extensions regex
  */
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Pages/Login.tsx b/packages/app/src/Pages/Login.tsx
index 8f303f7a..26903901 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Pages/Login.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/Pages/Login.tsx
@@ -5,14 +5,11 @@ import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
 import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import * as secp from "@noble/secp256k1";
 import { useIntl, FormattedMessage } from "react-intl";
-import { HDKey } from "@scure/bip32";
-import { wordlist } from "@scure/bip39/wordlists/english";
-import * as bip39 from "@scure/bip39";
 
 import { RootState } from "State/Store";
 import { setPrivateKey, setPublicKey, setRelays, setGeneratedPrivateKey } from "State/Login";
-import { DefaultRelays, EmailRegex, DerivationPath } from "Const";
-import { bech32ToHex, unwrap } from "Util";
+import { DefaultRelays, EmailRegex, MnemonicRegex } from "Const";
+import { bech32ToHex, generateBip39Entropy, entropyToDerivedKey, unwrap } from "Util";
 import { HexKey } from "@snort/nostr";
 import ZapButton from "Element/ZapButton";
 // import useImgProxy from "Feed/ImgProxy";
@@ -100,12 +97,14 @@ export default function LoginPage() {
       } else if (key.match(EmailRegex)) {
         const hexKey = await getNip05PubKey(key);
         dispatch(setPublicKey(hexKey));
+      } else if (key.match(MnemonicRegex)) {
+        const ent = generateBip39Entropy(key);
+        const keyHex = entropyToDerivedKey(ent);
+        dispatch(setPrivateKey(keyHex));
+      } else if (secp.utils.isValidPrivateKey(key)) {
+        dispatch(setPrivateKey(key));
       } else {
-        if (secp.utils.isValidPrivateKey(key)) {
-          dispatch(setPrivateKey(key));
-        } else {
-          throw new Error("INVALID PRIVATE KEY");
-        }
+        throw new Error("INVALID PRIVATE KEY");
       }
     } catch (e) {
       setError(`Failed to load NIP-05 pub key (${e})`);
@@ -114,17 +113,9 @@ export default function LoginPage() {
   }
 
   async function makeRandomKey() {
-    const mn = bip39.generateMnemonic(wordlist);
-    const ent = bip39.mnemonicToEntropy(mn, wordlist);
+    const ent = generateBip39Entropy();
     const entHex = secp.utils.bytesToHex(ent);
-    const masterKey = HDKey.fromMasterSeed(ent);
-    const newKey = masterKey.derive(DerivationPath);
-
-    if (!newKey.privateKey) {
-      throw new Error("INVALID PRIVATE KEY DERIVATION");
-    }
-
-    const newKeyHex = secp.utils.bytesToHex(newKey.privateKey);
+    const newKeyHex = entropyToDerivedKey(ent);
     dispatch(setGeneratedPrivateKey({ key: newKeyHex, entropy: entHex }));
     navigate("/new");
   }
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Pages/messages.ts b/packages/app/src/Pages/messages.ts
index cbc12dde..60955b6b 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Pages/messages.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/Pages/messages.ts
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ export default defineMessages({
   },
   Bookmarks: { defaultMessage: "Bookmarks" },
   BookmarksCount: { defaultMessage: "{n} Bookmarks" },
-  KeyPlaceholder: { defaultMessage: "nsec, npub, nip-05, hex" },
+  KeyPlaceholder: { defaultMessage: "nsec, npub, nip-05, hex, mnemonic" },
 });
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Util.ts b/packages/app/src/Util.ts
index 2bdba396..25712b1a 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Util.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/Util.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import base32Decode from "base32-decode";
 import { HexKey, TaggedRawEvent, u256, EventKind, encodeTLV, NostrPrefix } from "@snort/nostr";
 import * as bip39 from "@scure/bip39";
 import { wordlist } from "@scure/bip39/wordlists/english";
+import { HDKey } from "@scure/bip32";
 
+import { DerivationPath } from "Const";
 import { MetadataCache } from "State/Users";
 
 export const sha256 = (str: string) => {
@@ -102,6 +104,15 @@ export function hexToBech32(hrp: string, hex?: string) {
   }
 }
 
+export function generateBip39Entropy(mnemonic?: string): Uint8Array {
+  try {
+    const mn = mnemonic ?? bip39.generateMnemonic(wordlist);
+    return bip39.mnemonicToEntropy(mn, wordlist);
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error("INVALID MNEMONIC PHRASE");
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Convert hex-encoded entropy into mnemonic phrase
  */
@@ -110,6 +121,22 @@ export function hexToMnemonic(hex: string): string {
   return bip39.entropyToMnemonic(bytes, wordlist);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Convert mnemonic phrase into hex-encoded private key
+ * using the derivation path specified in NIP06
+ * @param mnemonic the mnemonic-encoded entropy
+ */
+export function entropyToDerivedKey(entropy: Uint8Array): string {
+  const masterKey = HDKey.fromMasterSeed(entropy);
+  const newKey = masterKey.derive(DerivationPath);
+
+  if (!newKey.privateKey) {
+    throw new Error("INVALID KEY DERIVATION");
+  }
+
+  return secp.utils.bytesToHex(newKey.privateKey);
+}
+
 /**
  * Convert hex pubkey to bech32 link url
  */
diff --git a/packages/app/src/lang.json b/packages/app/src/lang.json
index 2112efde..9e9cc2bf 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/lang.json
+++ b/packages/app/src/lang.json
@@ -197,9 +197,6 @@
   "B6+XJy": {
     "defaultMessage": "zapped"
   },
-  "B6H7eJ": {
-    "defaultMessage": "nsec, npub, nip-05, hex"
-  },
   "BOUMjw": {
     "defaultMessage": "No nostr users found for {twitterUsername}"
   },
@@ -507,6 +504,9 @@
   "WxthCV": {
     "defaultMessage": "e.g. Jack"
   },
+  "X7xU8J": {
+    "defaultMessage": "nsec, npub, nip-05, hex, mnemonic"
+  },
   "XgWvGA": {
     "defaultMessage": "Reactions"
   },
diff --git a/packages/app/src/translations/en.json b/packages/app/src/translations/en.json
index 467ed2bf..d93c619d 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/packages/app/src/translations/en.json
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
   "AyGauy": "Login",
   "B4C47Y": "name too short",
   "B6+XJy": "zapped",
-  "B6H7eJ": "nsec, npub, nip-05, hex",
   "BOUMjw": "No nostr users found for {twitterUsername}",
   "BOr9z/": "Snort is an open source project built by passionate people in their free time",
   "BcGMo+": "Notes hold text content, the most popular usage of these notes is to store \"tweet like\" messages.",
@@ -164,6 +163,7 @@
   "W9355R": "Unmute",
   "WONP5O": "Find your twitter follows on nostr (Data provided by {provider})",
   "WxthCV": "e.g. Jack",
+  "X7xU8J": "nsec, npub, nip-05, hex, mnemonic",
   "XgWvGA": "Reactions",
   "Y31HTH": "Help fund the development of Snort",
   "YDURw6": "Service URL",