diff --git a/src/controllers/ApiController.ts b/src/controllers/ApiController.ts
index 83fd0c7..e2cdace 100644
--- a/src/controllers/ApiController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/ApiController.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class ApiController {
   
     const endpointUrl = 'v1/media'
     const tags = [
-      ['u', `${mediaUrl}/${endpointUrl}`.replace('https', 'http')], //nostrcheck api, gets http protocol because it is inside a docker container in localhost
+      ['u', `${mediaUrl}/${endpointUrl}`],
       ['method', 'POST'],
       ['payload', this.hashString('{}')]
     ]
diff --git a/src/pages/profile/index.tsx b/src/pages/profile/index.tsx
index d444a60..18927b0 100644
--- a/src/pages/profile/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/profile/index.tsx
@@ -83,10 +83,6 @@ export const ProfilePage = () => {
         metadataState as VerifiedEvent
       )
       if (metadataContent) {
-        if (!metadataContent.lud16 || metadataContent.lud16.length < 1) {
-          metadataContent.lud16 = getLud16()
-        }
-        
         setProfileMetadata(metadataContent)
         setIsLoading(false)
       }
@@ -107,10 +103,6 @@ export const ProfilePage = () => {
           const metadataContent =
             metadataController.extractProfileMetadataContent(metadataEvent)
           if (metadataContent) {
-            if (!metadataContent.lud16 || metadataContent.lud16.length < 1) {
-              metadataContent.lud16 = getLud16()
-            }
-
             setProfileMetadata(metadataContent)
           }
         }
@@ -122,14 +114,6 @@ export const ProfilePage = () => {
     }
   }, [isUsersOwnProfile, metadataState, pubkey, metadataController])
 
-  const getLud16 = () => {
-    let lud16 = ''
-
-    if (npub) lud16 = `${npub}@npub.cash`
-
-    return lud16
-  }  
-
   const editItem = (
     key: keyof ProfileMetadata,
     label: string,