diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/choose_recipient/events.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/choose_recipient/events.cljs
index 97a8866dca..eadc714595 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/choose_recipient/events.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/choose_recipient/events.cljs
@@ -13,11 +13,18 @@
 (defn choose-address-and-name [db address name]
   (update db :wallet/send-transaction assoc :to-address address :to-name name))
 
+(defn- extract-address [s]
+  ;; First try to parse as EIP67 URI, if not assume this is an address directly
+  (if-let [m (eip67/parse-uri s)]
+    (:address m)
+    s))
+
 (handlers/register-handler-fx
   :choose-recipient
   (fn [{{:keys [web3] :as db} :db} [_ data name]]
     (let [{:keys [view-id]} db
-          address (:address (eip67/parse-uri data))
+          address (extract-address data)
+          ;; isAddress works with or without address with leading '0x'
           valid-address? (.isAddress web3 address)]
       (cond-> {:db db}
               (= :choose-recipient view-id) (assoc :dispatch [:navigate-back])
diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/choose_recipient/views.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/choose_recipient/views.cljs
index dddbaec6d2..3e808603c2 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/choose_recipient/views.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/choose_recipient/views.cljs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 (ns status-im.ui.screens.wallet.choose-recipient.views
   (:require-macros [status-im.utils.views :refer [defview letsubs]])
-  (:require [re-frame.core :as re-frame]
+  (:require [clojure.string :as string]
+            [re-frame.core :as re-frame]
             [status-im.components.camera :as camera]
             [status-im.components.icons.vector-icons :as vector-icons]
             [status-im.components.react :as react]
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
    [react/touchable-highlight {:style    (styles/recipient-touchable true)
                                :on-press #(react/get-from-clipboard
                                             (fn [clipboard]
-                                              (re-frame/dispatch [:choose-recipient clipboard nil])))}
+                                              (re-frame/dispatch [:choose-recipient (string/trim clipboard) nil])))}
     [react/view {:style styles/recipient-button}
      [react/text {:style styles/recipient-button-text}
       (i18n/label :t/wallet-address-from-clipboard)]