diff --git a/src/db/relay.rs b/src/db/relay.rs
index c156001a..22fb58b6 100644
--- a/src/db/relay.rs
+++ b/src/db/relay.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub struct DbRelay {
 impl DbRelay {
     pub fn new(url: String) -> Result<DbRelay, Error> {
         let u = Url::new(&url);
-        if !u.is_valid() {
+        if !u.is_valid_relay_url() {
             return Err(Error::InvalidUrl(u.inner().to_owned()));
         }
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ impl DbRelay {
 
     pub async fn insert(relay: DbRelay) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let url = Url::new(&relay.url);
-        if !url.is_valid() {
+        if !url.is_valid_relay_url() {
             return Err(Error::InvalidUrl(relay.url.clone()));
         }
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ impl DbRelay {
         let urls: Vec<Url> = maybe_urls
             .iter()
             .map(|s| Url::new(s))
-            .filter(|r| r.is_valid())
+            .filter(|r| r.is_valid_relay_url())
             .collect();
 
         // FIXME this is a lot of separate sql calls
diff --git a/src/globals.rs b/src/globals.rs
index a50789b7..660c50f4 100644
--- a/src/globals.rs
+++ b/src/globals.rs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ impl Globals {
             .and_modify(|urls| {
                 if let Some(ref u) = url {
                     let n = Url::new(u);
-                    if n.is_valid() {
+                    if n.is_valid_relay_url() {
                         urls.push(n);
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/overlord/minion/mod.rs b/src/overlord/minion/mod.rs
index 8c2b09eb..308f4909 100644
--- a/src/overlord/minion/mod.rs
+++ b/src/overlord/minion/mod.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub struct Minion {
 
 impl Minion {
     pub async fn new(url: Url) -> Result<Minion, Error> {
-        if !url.is_valid() {
+        if !url.is_valid_relay_url() {
             return Err(Error::InvalidUrl(url.inner().to_owned()));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/overlord/mod.rs b/src/overlord/mod.rs
index 989524ba..eb0da1c2 100644
--- a/src/overlord/mod.rs
+++ b/src/overlord/mod.rs
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ impl Overlord {
 
     async fn start_minion(&mut self, url: String) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let url = Url::new(&url);
-        if !url.is_valid() {
+        if !url.is_valid_relay_url() {
             return Err(Error::InvalidUrl(url.inner().to_owned()));
         }
         let mut minion = Minion::new(url.clone()).await?;
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ impl Overlord {
         let urls: Vec<Url> = desired_events_map
             .keys()
             .map(|u| u.to_owned())
-            .filter(|u| u.is_valid())
+            .filter(|u| u.is_valid_relay_url())
             .collect();
 
         for url in urls.iter() {
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ impl Overlord {
         for relay in relays.iter() {
             // Save relay
             let relay_url = Url::new(relay);
-            if relay_url.is_valid() {
+            if relay_url.is_valid_relay_url() {
                 let db_relay = DbRelay::new(relay_url.inner().to_owned())?;
                 DbRelay::insert(db_relay).await?;
 
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ impl Overlord {
 
         // Save relay
         let relay_url = Url::new(&relay);
-        if !relay_url.is_valid() {
+        if !relay_url.is_valid_relay_url() {
             return Err(Error::InvalidUrl(relay));
         }
         let db_relay = DbRelay::new(relay.to_string())?;
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ impl Overlord {
 
         // Save relay
         let relay_url = Url::new(&relay);
-        if !relay_url.is_valid() {
+        if !relay_url.is_valid_relay_url() {
             return Err(Error::InvalidUrl(relay));
         }
         let db_relay = DbRelay::new(relay.to_string())?;
diff --git a/src/process.rs b/src/process.rs
index fbdd3b7f..f54fe362 100644
--- a/src/process.rs
+++ b/src/process.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ pub async fn process_new_event(
                     marker: _,
                 } => {
                     let url = Url::new(should_be_url);
-                    if url.is_valid() {
+                    if url.is_valid_relay_url() {
                         // Insert (or ignore) into relays table
                         let dbrelay = DbRelay::new(url.inner().to_owned())?;
                         DbRelay::insert(dbrelay).await?;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ pub async fn process_new_event(
                     petname: _,
                 } => {
                     let url = Url::new(should_be_url);
-                    if url.is_valid() {
+                    if url.is_valid_relay_url() {
                         // Insert (or ignore) into relays table
                         let dbrelay = DbRelay::new(url.inner().to_owned())?;
                         DbRelay::insert(dbrelay).await?;
diff --git a/src/ui/relays.rs b/src/ui/relays.rs
index 706d9f96..0d15fd89 100644
--- a/src/ui/relays.rs
+++ b/src/ui/relays.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ fn render_relay(ui: &mut Ui, relay: &DbRelay, bold: bool) {
             let mut post = relay.post; // checkbox needs a mutable state variable.
 
             let url = Url::new(&relay.url);
-            if url.is_valid() && ui.checkbox(&mut post, "Post Here")
+            if url.is_valid_relay_url() && ui.checkbox(&mut post, "Post Here")
                 .on_hover_text("If selected, posts you create will be sent to this relay. But you have to press [SAVE CHANGES] at the bottom of this page.")
                 .clicked()
             {