diff --git a/cashu/wallet/cli.py b/cashu/wallet/cli.py
index c6a0de5..ca1d064 100644
--- a/cashu/wallet/cli.py
+++ b/cashu/wallet/cli.py
@@ -334,9 +334,7 @@ async def receive(ctx, token: str, lock: str):
 
         # if it was not an lnbits link
         if url is None:
-            url = input(f"Enter mint URL (default: {MINT_URL}: ")
-            if url == "":
-                url = MINT_URL
+            url = input(f"Enter mint URL (default: {MINT_URL}: ") or MINT_URL
 
         # and add url and keyset id to token from link extraction above
         if url: