diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/Channel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/Channel.kt
index a1e568d42..7cd889554 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/Channel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/Channel.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import android.net.Uri
 import android.util.Base64
 import com.geeksville.mesh.MeshProtos
-import com.geeksville.util.anonymize
 import com.google.zxing.BarcodeFormat
 import com.google.zxing.MultiFormatWriter
 import com.journeyapps.barcodescanner.BarcodeEncoder
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ data class Channel(
             // Let the path optionally include the # character (or not) so we can work with old URLs generated by old versions of the app
             val pathRegex = Regex("$prefixRoot#?(.*)")
             val (base64) = pathRegex.find(urlStr)?.destructured
-                ?: throw MalformedURLException("Not a meshtastic URL: ${urlStr.anonymize(40)}")
+                ?: throw MalformedURLException("Not a meshtastic URL: ${urlStr.take(40)}")
             val bytes = Base64.decode(base64, base64Flags)
 
             return MeshProtos.ChannelSettings.parseFrom(bytes)