diff --git a/packages/app/src/Util.test.ts b/packages/app/src/Util.test.ts
index 7745f8886..dfae60e01 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Util.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/Util.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { splitByUrl, magnetURIDecode, getRelayName } from "./Util";
+import { splitByUrl, magnetURIDecode, getRelayName, validateNostrLink } from "./Util";
 
 describe("splitByUrl", () => {
   it("should split a string by URLs", () => {
@@ -90,3 +90,24 @@ describe("getRelayName", () => {
     expect(output).toEqual("relay.example2.com?broadcast=true");
   });
 });
+
+describe("validateNostrLink", () => {
+  it("should return true for valid nostr links", () => {
+    [
+      "nostr:npub10elfcs4fr0l0r8af98jlmgdh9c8tcxjvz9qkw038js35mp4dma8qzvjptg",
+      "web+nostr:npub10elfcs4fr0l0r8af98jlmgdh9c8tcxjvz9qkw038js35mp4dma8qzvjptg",
+      "nostr:note15449edq4qa5wzgqvh8td0q0dp6hwtes4pknsrm7eygeenhlj99xsq94wu9",
+      "nostr:nprofile1qqsrhuxx8l9ex335q7he0f09aej04zpazpl0ne2cgukyawd24mayt8gpp4mhxue69uhhytnc9e3k7mgpz4mhxue69uhkg6nzv9ejuumpv34kytnrdaksjlyr9p",
+      "nostr:nevent1qqs226juks2sw68pyqxtn4khs8ksath9uc2smfcpalvjyvuemlezjngrd87dq",
+      "nostr:naddr1qqzkjurnw4ksz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghx7un8qgs2d90kkcq3nk2jry62dyf50k0h36rhpdtd594my40w9pkal876jxgrqsqqqa28pccpzu",
+    ].forEach(link => {
+      expect(validateNostrLink(link)).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should return false for invalid nostr links", () => {
+    ["nostr:npub", "web+nostr:npub", "nostr:nevent1xxx"].forEach(link => {
+      expect(validateNostrLink(link)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Util.ts b/packages/app/src/Util.ts
index 4c1307daf..8b115b962 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Util.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/Util.ts
@@ -499,7 +499,11 @@ export function validateNostrLink(link: string): boolean {
       return false;
     }
 
-    return parsedLink.id.length === 64;
+    if (parsedLink.type === NostrPrefix.PublicKey || parsedLink.type === NostrPrefix.Note) {
+      return parsedLink.id.length === 64;
+    }
+
+    return true;
   } catch {
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/packages/app/src/setupTests.js b/packages/app/src/setupTests.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b5fd4d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/setupTests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// @ts-expect-error - we have a folder called util so TS gets confused
+import { TextEncoder, TextDecoder } from "util";
+
+Object.assign(global, { TextDecoder, TextEncoder });