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 7cd889554..e698dbccb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/Channel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/Channel.kt
@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@ data class Channel(
             MeshProtos.ChannelSettings.newBuilder().setName(defaultChannelName)
                 .setModemConfig(MeshProtos.ChannelSettings.ModemConfig.Bw125Cr45Sf128).build()
         )
-
-        private const val prefixRoot = "https://www.meshtastic.org/c/"
-        const val prefix = "$prefixRoot#"
+        
+        const val prefix = "https://www.meshtastic.org/c/#"
 
         private const val base64Flags = Base64.URL_SAFE + Base64.NO_WRAP
 
         private fun urlToSettings(url: Uri): MeshProtos.ChannelSettings {
             val urlStr = url.toString()
 
-            // 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("$prefixRoot#?(.*)")
+            // We no longer support the super old (about 0.8ish? verison of the URLs that don't use the # separator - I doubt
+            // anyone is still using that old format
+            val pathRegex = Regex("$prefix(.*)")
             val (base64) = pathRegex.find(urlStr)?.destructured
                 ?: throw MalformedURLException("Not a meshtastic URL: ${urlStr.take(40)}")
             val bytes = Base64.decode(base64, base64Flags)