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diff --git a/src/utils/lookup.ts b/src/utils/lookup.ts
index ce42e2f2..90b30c2b 100644
--- a/src/utils/lookup.ts
+++ b/src/utils/lookup.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import { NIP05, NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { NIP05, NostrEvent, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 
 import { getAuthor } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { bech32ToPubkey } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { nip05Cache } from '@/utils/nip05.ts';
+import { Stickynotes } from '@soapbox/stickynotes';
 
 /** Resolve a bech32 or NIP-05 identifier to an account. */
 export async function lookupAccount(
@@ -18,14 +19,19 @@ export async function lookupAccount(
 
 /** Resolve a bech32 or NIP-05 identifier to a pubkey. */
 export async function lookupPubkey(value: string, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  const console = new Stickynotes('ditto:lookup');
+
+  if (n.bech32().safeParse(value).success) {
+    return bech32ToPubkey(value);
+  }
+
   if (NIP05.regex().test(value)) {
     try {
       const { pubkey } = await nip05Cache.fetch(value, { signal });
       return pubkey;
-    } catch {
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.debug(e);
       return;
     }
   }
-
-  return bech32ToPubkey(value);
 }