diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 715b0b1..fda19c8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
 	github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.24
 	github.com/nbd-wtf/emoji v0.0.3
-	github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.29.2
+	github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.29.3
 	github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-sdk v0.0.4
 	github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 40d209d..3c8e0a9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.24 h1:NGQoPtwGVcbGkKfvyYk1yRqknzBuoMiUrO
 github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.24/go.mod h1:ArQySAMps0790cHSkdPEJ7bGkF2VePWH773hsJNSHf8=
 github.com/nbd-wtf/emoji v0.0.3 h1:YtkT7MVPXvqU1SQjvC/CShlWexnREzqNCxmhUnL00CA=
 github.com/nbd-wtf/emoji v0.0.3/go.mod h1:tS6D9iI34qwBmWc5g8X7tVDkWXulqbTJRsvsM6QsS88=
-github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.29.2 h1:l4rgw4d0YKkeFMWSWyxK+82GwSm0zty68pAdz7rOoLw=
-github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.29.2/go.mod h1:tiKJY6fWYSujbTQb201Y+IQ3l4szqYVt+fsTnsm7FCk=
+github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.29.3 h1:hgc5srr2LI+ApFlsAYCHXyj3lC4nlTbSjYVSce0/ZSk=
+github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.29.3/go.mod h1:tiKJY6fWYSujbTQb201Y+IQ3l4szqYVt+fsTnsm7FCk=
 github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-sdk v0.0.4 h1:vMCiYpFElKMHPXpZjFVEq4utoTLdTYbkqXVYH1/4uzs=
 github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-sdk v0.0.4/go.mod h1:KQZOtzcrXBlVhpZYG1tw83ADIONNMMPjUU3ZAH5U2RY=
 github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646 h1:zYyBkD/k9seD2A7fsi6Oo2LfFZAehjjQMERAvZLEDnQ=
diff --git a/render_event.go b/render_event.go
index 3ceb0b4..9ad6663 100644
--- a/render_event.go
+++ b/render_event.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/a-h/templ"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip05"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip19"
 	"github.com/pelletier/go-toml"
 )
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func renderEvent(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 
 		// it may be a NIP-05
-		if strings.Contains(code, ".") {
+		if nip05.IsValidIdentifier(code) {
 			renderProfile(w, r, code)
 			return
 		}