diff --git a/.changeset/fifty-items-speak.md b/.changeset/fifty-items-speak.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22ff4f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fifty-items-speak.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@status-im/js": patch
+---
+
+fix community schema in encode-url-data.ts
diff --git a/packages/status-js/src/utils/encode-url-data.ts b/packages/status-js/src/utils/encode-url-data.ts
index e1f723e8..050320a0 100644
--- a/packages/status-js/src/utils/encode-url-data.ts
+++ b/packages/status-js/src/utils/encode-url-data.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const communitySchema = z.object({
   description: z.string().max(140).nonempty(),
   membersCount: z.number().nonnegative(),
   color: colorSchema,
-  tagIndices: z.number().nonnegative().array(),
+  tagIndices: z.number().nonnegative().array().optional(),
 })
 
 export function encodeCommunityURLData(