diff --git a/nostr.ts b/nostr.ts
index 7d1884c..7ea7ace 100644
--- a/nostr.ts
+++ b/nostr.ts
@@ -107,15 +107,13 @@ export async function nostrUriToUrl(uri: string): Promise<string> {
 }
 
 export async function replaceNostrUris(markdown: string): Promise<string> {
-  const nostrUriRegex =
-    /\((nostr:|nprofile|naddr|nevent|nrelay|npub)[a-z0-9]+\)/g;
+  const nostrUriRegex = /(nostr:|nprofile|naddr|nevent|nrelay|npub)[a-z0-9]+/g;
   const matches = markdown.match(nostrUriRegex);
   if (!matches) return markdown;
 
-  for (const match of matches) {
-    const uri = match.slice(1, -1);
+  for (const uri of matches) {
     const url = await nostrUriToUrl(uri);
-    markdown = markdown.replace(match, `(${url})`);
+    markdown = markdown.replace(uri, url);
   }
 
   return markdown;
@@ -133,11 +131,7 @@ export async function verifyNip05Address(
     if (res.status === 404 || !res.ok) return false;
     const data = await res.json();
 
-    if (data.names && data.names[username] === pubkey) {
-      return true;
-    } else {
-      return false;
-    }
+    return data.names && data.names[username] === pubkey;
   } catch (_e) {
     return false;
   }