diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 58dbd759ed2c..e9e16952761b 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
                 <data android:scheme="status-app" />
+                <data android:scheme="status-im" />
                 <data android:scheme="ethereum" />
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
diff --git a/ios/StatusIm/Info.plist b/ios/StatusIm/Info.plist
index ad0ac043769d..ce96da029cdc 100644
--- a/ios/StatusIm/Info.plist
+++ b/ios/StatusIm/Info.plist
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 			<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
 			<array>
 				<string>status-app</string>
+				<string>status-im</string>
 			</array>
 		</dict>
 		<dict>
diff --git a/ios/StatusImPR/Info.plist b/ios/StatusImPR/Info.plist
index 1e0693833c0f..1403685f7866 100644
--- a/ios/StatusImPR/Info.plist
+++ b/ios/StatusImPR/Info.plist
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 			<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
 			<array>
 				<string>status-app</string>
+				<string>status-im</string>
 			</array>
 		</dict>
 		<dict>
diff --git a/src/status_im/router/core.cljs b/src/status_im/router/core.cljs
index ab55ac3986c9..8d8b03267272 100644
--- a/src/status_im/router/core.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/router/core.cljs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 (def ethereum-scheme "ethereum:")
 
-(def uri-schemes ["status-app://"])
+(def uri-schemes ["status-app://" "status-im://" "status-im:"])
 
 (def web-prefixes ["https://" "http://" "https://www." "http://www."])
 
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 (def routes
   [""
    {handled-schemes {["c/" :community-data] :community
+                     ["p/" :chat-id]        :private-chat
+                     ["cr/" :community-id]  :community-requests
                      ["cc/" :chat-data]     :community-chat
                      ["u/" :user-data]      :user}
     ethereum-scheme eip-extractor}])
@@ -253,9 +255,9 @@
       (and (= handler :user) (:user-id route-params))
       (match-contact-async chain route-params cb)
 
-      ;; ;; NOTE: removed in `match-uri`, might need this in the future
-      ;; (= handler :private-chat)
-      ;; (match-private-chat-async chain route-params cb)
+      ;; NOTE: removed in `match-uri`, might need this in the future
+      (= handler :private-chat)
+      (match-private-chat-async chain route-params cb)
 
       ;; ;; NOTE: removed in `match-uri`, might need this in the future
       ;; (= handler :group-chat)
@@ -264,9 +266,9 @@
       (validators/valid-public-key? uri)
       (match-contact-async chain {:user-id uri} cb)
 
-      ;; ;; NOTE: removed in `match-uri`, might need this in the future
-      ;; (= handler :community-requests)
-      ;; (cb {:type handler :community-id (:community-id route-params)})
+      ;; NOTE: removed in `match-uri`, might need this in the future
+      (= handler :community-requests)
+      (cb {:type handler :community-id (:community-id route-params)})
 
       (and (= handler :community) (:community-id route-params))
       (cb {:type         (community-route-type route-params)
diff --git a/src/status_im/utils/universal_links/utils.cljs b/src/status_im/utils/universal_links/utils.cljs
index f754389306b5..29bf78b5795b 100644
--- a/src/status_im/utils/universal_links/utils.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/utils/universal_links/utils.cljs
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@
 (defn universal-link?
   [url]
   (boolean
-   (re-matches constants/regx-universal-link url)))
+   (or (re-matches constants/regx-universal-link url)
+       (re-matches constants/regx-universal-link-deprecated url))))
 
 (defn deep-link?
   [url]
   (boolean
-   (re-matches constants/regx-deep-link url)))
+   (or (re-matches constants/regx-deep-link url)
+       (re-matches constants/regx-deep-link-deprecated url))))
 
 (defn generate-link
   [link-type domain-type param]
diff --git a/src/status_im2/constants.cljs b/src/status_im2/constants.cljs
index 7f3f57f78b08..9768af82552a 100644
--- a/src/status_im2/constants.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im2/constants.cljs
@@ -179,8 +179,10 @@
 (def regx-italic #"~[^~]+~")
 (def regx-backquote #"`[^`]+`")
 (def regx-universal-link #"((^https?://status.app/)|(^status-app://))[\x00-\x7F]+$")
+(def regx-universal-link-deprecated #"((^https?://status.app/)|(^status-im://))[\x00-\x7F]+$")
 (def regx-community-universal-link #"((^https?://status.app/)|(^status-app://))c/([\x00-\x7F]+)$")
 (def regx-deep-link #"((^ethereum:.*)|(^status-app://[\x00-\x7F]+$))")
+(def regx-deep-link-deprecated #"((^ethereum:.*)|(^status-im://[\x00-\x7F]+$))")
 (def regx-ens #"^(?=.{5,255}$)([a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.)*[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$")
 (def regx-address #"^0x[a-fA-F0-9]{40}$")
 (def regx-address-contains #"(?i)0x[a-fA-F0-9]{40}")