diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 59e3a96..04c57e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		"format": "prettier --write ."
 	},
 	"type": "module",
-	"packageManager": "pnpm@10.9.0",
+	"packageManager": "pnpm@10.10.0",
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@sveltejs/adapter-auto": "^6.0.0",
 		"@sveltejs/kit": "^2.20.7",
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 		"vitest": "^3.1.2"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
-		"@blah-im/core": "^0.6.0",
+		"@blah-im/core": "^0.7.0",
 		"@zeabur/svelte-adapter": "^1.0.0",
 		"bits-ui": "^1.3.19",
 		"canonicalize": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 0fb6313..b4c2967 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ importers:
   .:
     dependencies:
       '@blah-im/core':
-        specifier: ^0.6.0
-        version: 0.6.0
+        specifier: ^0.7.0
+        version: 0.7.0
       '@zeabur/svelte-adapter':
         specifier: ^1.0.0
         version: 1.0.0(@sveltejs/kit@2.20.7(@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte@5.0.3(svelte@5.28.2)(vite@6.3.3(jiti@2.4.2)(lightningcss@1.29.2)))(svelte@5.28.2)(vite@6.3.3(jiti@2.4.2)(lightningcss@1.29.2)))
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-30iZtAPgz+LTIYoeivqYo853f02jBYSd5uGnGpkFV0M3xOt9aN73erkgYAmZU43x4VfqcnLxW9Kpg3R5LC4YYw==}
     engines: {node: '>=6.0.0'}
 
-  '@blah-im/core@0.6.0':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-CBYFGbCDkQ1vXGYskKSxCWiknaga63NCtmpraZyWjHq8ZyNcG6UYIe6K0DMCJ7BtkbImW+7jk/k4Z2J+0e2kSw==}
+  '@blah-im/core@0.7.0':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-S3XhaETyRdz9kdeMHrk0yokDYbWaFKvC12uJjd4FGAZZx+40w9+RUCrDxkrqifn8QOiZR3xw6eAryeLILNuIcA==}
 
   '@esbuild/aix-ppc64@0.19.12':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-bmoCYyWdEL3wDQIVbcyzRyeKLgk2WtWLTWz1ZIAZF/EGbNOwSA6ew3PftJ1PqMiOOGu0OyFMzG53L0zqIpPeNA==}
@@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@ snapshots:
       '@jridgewell/gen-mapping': 0.3.8
       '@jridgewell/trace-mapping': 0.3.25
 
-  '@blah-im/core@0.6.0':
+  '@blah-im/core@0.7.0':
     dependencies:
       zod: 3.24.3
 
diff --git a/src/lib/idURL.ts b/src/lib/idURL.ts
index d692c0c..e7f53c3 100644
--- a/src/lib/idURL.ts
+++ b/src/lib/idURL.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { BlahIdentity, blahIdentityDescriptionSchema } from '@blah-im/core/identity';
+import {
+	BlahIdentity,
+	blahIdentityDescriptionSchema,
+	getIdentityDescriptionFileURL
+} from '@blah-im/core/identity';
 
 export function idURLToUsername(idURL: string): string {
 	const url = new URL(idURL);
@@ -24,22 +28,13 @@ export type IDURLValidity =
 			  }
 	  ));
 export async function validateIDURL(url: string, identity: BlahIdentity): Promise<IDURLValidity> {
-	const idURL = URL.parse(url);
-	if (
-		!idURL ||
-		idURL.protocol !== 'https:' ||
-		idURL.pathname !== '/' ||
-		idURL.search ||
-		idURL.username ||
-		idURL.password
-	)
-		return { valid: false, reason: 'invalid-url' };
+	let profileFileURL: string;
 
-	const profileFileURL = (() => {
-		let url = idURL;
-		url.pathname = identityDescriptionFilePath;
-		return url.toString();
-	})();
+	try {
+		profileFileURL = getIdentityDescriptionFileURL(url);
+	} catch (e) {
+		return { valid: false, reason: 'invalid-url' };
+	}
 
 	try {
 		const response = await fetch(profileFileURL, {