diff --git a/src/app/profile/views/ens_manager.nim b/src/app/profile/views/ens_manager.nim
index 7be5ba6a72..a5e33cdb9b 100644
--- a/src/app/profile/views/ens_manager.nim
+++ b/src/app/profile/views/ens_manager.nim
@@ -28,29 +28,7 @@ type
 const validateTask: Task = proc(argEncoded: string) {.gcsafe, nimcall.} =
   let
     arg = decode[ValidateTaskArg](argEncoded)
-    username = arg.ens & (if(arg.isStatus): status_ens.domain else: "")
-  var output = ""
-  if arg.usernames.filter(proc(x: string):bool = x == username).len > 0:
-    output = "already-connected"
-  else:
-    let ownerAddr = status_ens.owner(username)
-    if ownerAddr == "" and arg.isStatus:
-      output = "available"
-    else:
-      let userPubKey = status_settings.getSetting[string](Setting.PublicKey, "0x0")
-      let userWallet = status_wallet.getWalletAccounts()[0].address
-      let pubkey = status_ens.pubkey(arg.ens)
-      if ownerAddr != "":
-        if pubkey == "" and ownerAddr == userWallet:
-          output = "owned" # "Continuing will connect this username with your chat key."
-        elif pubkey == userPubkey:
-          output = "connected"
-        elif ownerAddr == userWallet:
-          output = "connected-different-key" #  "Continuing will require a transaction to connect the username with your current chat key.",
-        else:
-          output = "taken"
-      else:
-        output = "taken"
+  var output = status_ens.validateEnsName(arg.ens, arg.isStatus, arg.usernames)
   arg.finish(output)
 
 proc validate[T](self: T, slot: string, ens: string, isStatus: bool, usernames: seq[string]) =
diff --git a/src/status/ens.nim b/src/status/ens.nim
index 039921c50d..d3bf88611e 100644
--- a/src/status/ens.nim
+++ b/src/status/ens.nim
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sequtils
 import strutils
 import profile/profile
 import nimcrypto
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ import web3/[ethtypes, conversions], stew/byteutils, stint
 import libstatus/eth/contracts
 import chronicles, libp2p/[multihash, multicodec, cid]
 
+import ./settings as settings
+import ./wallet as status_wallet
+
 const domain* = ".stateofus.eth"
 
 proc userName*(ensName: string, removeSuffix: bool = false): string =
@@ -307,3 +311,28 @@ proc decodeENSContentHash*(value: string): tuple[ensType: ENSType, output: strin
     return (ENSType.IPNS, parseHexStr(value[12..value.len-1]))
 
   return (ENSType.UNKNOWN, "")
+
+proc validateEnsName*(ens: string, isStatus: bool, usernames: seq[string]): string =
+  var username = ens & (if(isStatus): domain else: "")
+  result = ""
+  if usernames.filter(proc(x: string):bool = x == username).len > 0:
+    result = "already-connected"
+  else:
+    let ownerAddr = owner(username)
+    if ownerAddr == "" and isStatus:
+      result = "available"
+    else:
+      let userPubKey = getSetting[string](settings, Setting.PublicKey, "0x0")
+      let userWallet = status_wallet.getWalletAccounts()[0].address
+      let ens_pubkey = pubkey(ens)
+      if ownerAddr != "":
+        if ens_pubkey == "" and ownerAddr == userWallet:
+          result = "owned" # "Continuing will connect this username with your chat key."
+        elif ens_pubkey == userPubkey:
+          result = "connected"
+        elif ownerAddr == userWallet:
+          result = "connected-different-key" #  "Continuing will require a transaction to connect the username with your current chat key.",
+        else:
+          result = "taken"
+      else:
+        result = "taken"
diff --git a/src/status/settings.nim b/src/status/settings.nim
index 08e808b324..cbe8522e40 100644
--- a/src/status/settings.nim
+++ b/src/status/settings.nim
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ proc getSetting*[T](self: SettingsModel, name: Setting, defaultValue: T, useCach
 proc getSetting*[T](self: SettingsModel, name: Setting, useCached: bool = true): T =
   result = status_settings.getSetting[T](name, useCached)
 
+proc getSetting*[T](name: Setting, defaultValue: T, useCached: bool = true): T =
+  result = status_settings.getSetting(name, defaultValue, useCached)
+
+proc getSetting*[T](name: Setting, useCached: bool = true): T =
+  result = status_settings.getSetting[T](name, useCached)
+
 proc getCurrentNetworkDetails*(self: SettingsModel): LibStatusTypes.NetworkDetails =
   result = status_settings.getCurrentNetworkDetails()