diff --git a/common/src/app/common/schema.cljc b/common/src/app/common/schema.cljc
index 621bd8ec52..322a3dd5fc 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/schema.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/schema.cljc
@@ -844,7 +844,11 @@
     :gen/gen (sg/uri)
     ::oapi/type "string"
     ::oapi/format "uri"
-    ::oapi/decode (comp u/uri str/trim)}})
+    ::oapi/decode
+    (fn [val]
+      (if (u/uri? val)
+        val
+        (-> val str/trim u/uri)))}})
 
 (register! ::text
   {:type :string