diff --git a/src/ssb.c b/src/ssb.c
index 2f154d5c..0cea96f4 100644
--- a/src/ssb.c
+++ b/src/ssb.c
@@ -2352,19 +2352,12 @@ static bool _tf_ssb_parse_broadcast(const char* in_broadcast, tf_ssb_broadcast_t
 	char public_key_str[45] = { 0 };
 	int port = 0;
 	static_assert(sizeof(out_broadcast->host) == 256, "host field size");
-	if (sscanf(in_broadcast, "net:%255[0-9.]:%d~shs:%44s", out_broadcast->host, &port, public_key_str) == 3)
+	if (sscanf(in_broadcast, "net:%255[0-9A-Za-z.-]:%d~shs:%44s", out_broadcast->host, &port, public_key_str) == 3)
 	{
-		if (uv_inet_pton(AF_INET, out_broadcast->host, &out_broadcast->addr.sin_addr) == 0)
-		{
-			out_broadcast->addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-			out_broadcast->addr.sin_port = htons((uint16_t)port);
-			int r = base64c_decode((const uint8_t*)public_key_str, strlen(public_key_str), out_broadcast->pub, crypto_sign_PUBLICKEYBYTES);
-			return r != -1;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			printf("pton failed\n");
-		}
+		out_broadcast->addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+		out_broadcast->addr.sin_port = htons((uint16_t)port);
+		int r = base64c_decode((const uint8_t*)public_key_str, strlen(public_key_str), out_broadcast->pub, crypto_sign_PUBLICKEYBYTES);
+		return r != -1;
 	}
 	else if (strncmp(in_broadcast, "ws:", 3) == 0)
 	{
@@ -2378,7 +2371,7 @@ void tf_ssb_connect_str(tf_ssb_t* ssb, const char* address)
 	tf_ssb_broadcast_t broadcast = { 0 };
 	if (_tf_ssb_parse_broadcast(address, &broadcast))
 	{
-		tf_ssb_connection_create(ssb, broadcast.host, &broadcast.addr, broadcast.pub);
+		tf_ssb_connect(ssb, broadcast.host, ntohs(broadcast.addr.sin_port), broadcast.pub);
 	}
 	else
 	{