diff --git a/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05.csproj b/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05.csproj
index 3c91d0a..0136d44 100644
--- a/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05.csproj
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
         <Product>Nostr</Product>
         <Description>NIP5 addresses, Zap support, Nostr Wallet Connect Lightning support</Description>
-        <Version>1.1.15</Version>
+        <Version>1.1.16</Version>
 <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     </PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Plugin development properties -->
diff --git a/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05/NostrWalletConnectLightningConnectionStringHandler.cs b/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05/NostrWalletConnectLightningConnectionStringHandler.cs
index 8e879e5..64d3ee5 100644
--- a/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05/NostrWalletConnectLightningConnectionStringHandler.cs
+++ b/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05/NostrWalletConnectLightningConnectionStringHandler.cs
@@ -28,9 +28,19 @@ public class NostrWalletConnectLightningConnectionStringHandler : ILightningConn
         }
 
         connectionString = connectionString.Replace("type=nwc;key=", "");
+        if (!connectionString.StartsWith(NIP47.UriScheme, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            error = $"Invalid nostr wallet connect uri (must start with {NIP47.UriScheme})";
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if (!Uri.TryCreate(connectionString, UriKind.Absolute, out var uri))
+        {
+            error = "Invalid nostr wallet connect uri";
+            return null;
+        }
         try
         {
-            Uri.TryCreate(connectionString, UriKind.Absolute, out var uri);
             var connectParams = NIP47.ParseUri(uri); 
             var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
             cts.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
diff --git a/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05/Views/Shared/NWC/LNPaymentMethodSetupTab.cshtml b/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05/Views/Shared/NWC/LNPaymentMethodSetupTab.cshtml
index a979d65..afbdadf 100644
--- a/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05/Views/Shared/NWC/LNPaymentMethodSetupTab.cshtml
+++ b/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.NIP05/Views/Shared/NWC/LNPaymentMethodSetupTab.cshtml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
             <div class="accordion-body">
                 <ul class="pb-2">
                     <li>
-                        <code><b>type=</b>nwc;<b>key=</b>b889ff5b1513b641e2a139f661a661364979c5beee91842f8f0ef42ab558e9d4?relay=wss%3A%2F%2Frelay.damus.io&secret=71a8c14c1407c113601079c4302dab36460f0ccd0ad506f1f2dc73b5100e4f3c</code>
+                        <code><b>type=</b>nwc;<b>key=</b>nostr+walletconnect:b889ff5b1513b641e2a139f661a661364979c5beee91842f8f0ef42ab558e9d4?relay=wss%3A%2F%2Frelay.damus.io&secret=71a8c14c1407c113601079c4302dab36460f0ccd0ad506f1f2dc73b5100e4f3c</code>
                     </li>
                     <li>
                         <code><b>nostr+walletconnect:</b>b889ff5b1513b641e2a139f661a661364979c5beee91842f8f0ef42ab558e9d4?relay=wss%3A%2F%2Frelay.damus.io&secret=71a8c14c1407c113601079c4302dab36460f0ccd0ad506f1f2dc73b5100e4f3c</code>