diff --git a/src/status_im/router/core.cljs b/src/status_im/router/core.cljs
index 45b8689a8a82..e260d551f2a2 100644
--- a/src/status_im/router/core.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/router/core.cljs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
            (= handler :community-chat)
            (:community-data route-params)
            (string? (:community-data route-params))
-           (string/includes? (:community-data route-params) "-"))
+           (re-find constants/regx-starts-with-uuid (:community-data route-params)))
       (assoc-in [:route-params :community-channel-id] (:community-data route-params))
 
       (and equal-end-of-base64url (= handler :user) (:user-data route-params))
diff --git a/src/status_im2/constants.cljs b/src/status_im2/constants.cljs
index bfa08d2e0dd6..dd76b205ab48 100644
--- a/src/status_im2/constants.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im2/constants.cljs
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@
 (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}")
+(def regx-starts-with-uuid #"^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}")
 
 (def ^:const dapp-permission-contact-code "contact-code")
 (def ^:const dapp-permission-web3 "web3")