diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
index 7064ce9e1..5de6eb3c8 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export const url = z.preprocess(
   z
     .string()
     .url()
-    .regex(/^https?:\/\//, "URL uses unsupported protocol")
+    .regex(/^https?:\/\//i, "URL uses unsupported protocol")
     .refine(
       (x) =>
         /(\.[a-zA-Z0-9-\u0400-\u04FF\u0500-\u052F\u2DE0-\u2DFF\uA640-\uA69F]{2,}|\.xn--[a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,})(:\d+)?([\/?#]|$)/i.test(
diff --git a/apps/api/src/lib/validateUrl.ts b/apps/api/src/lib/validateUrl.ts
index d7672bb95..6216e0ec5 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/lib/validateUrl.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/lib/validateUrl.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export const protocolIncluded = (url: string) => {
   // if :// not in the start of the url assume http (maybe https?)
   // regex checks if :// appears before any .
-  return /^([^.:]+:\/\/)/.test(url);
+  return /^([^.:]+:\/\/)/i.test(url);
 };
 
 const getURLobj = (s: string) => {