diff --git a/dist/bundle.es.js b/dist/bundle.es.js
index 3311298..984aefe 100644
--- a/dist/bundle.es.js
+++ b/dist/bundle.es.js
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ const channelNameMinLength = 1;
 const claimIdMaxLength = 40;
 
 // see https://spec.lbry.com/#urls
-const regexInvalidURI = /[ =&#:$@%?;/\\"<>%{}|^~[\]`\u{0000}-\u{0008}\u{000b}-\u{000c}\u{000e}-\u{001F}\u{D800}-\u{DFFF}\u{FFFE}-\u{FFFF}]/gu;
+const regexInvalidURI = /[ =&#:$@%?;/\\"<>%{}|^~[\]`\u{0000}-\u{0008}\u{000b}-\u{000c}\u{000e}-\u{001F}\u{D800}-\u{DFFF}\u{FFFE}-\u{FFFF}]/u;
 const regexAddress = /^(b|r)(?=[^0OIl]{32,33})[0-9A-Za-z]{32,33}$/;
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/lbryURI.js b/src/lbryURI.js
index 32c6ce6..72a6200 100644
--- a/src/lbryURI.js
+++ b/src/lbryURI.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const channelNameMinLength = 1;
 const claimIdMaxLength = 40;
 
 // see https://spec.lbry.com/#urls
-export const regexInvalidURI = /[ =&#:$@%?;/\\"<>%{}|^~[\]`\u{0000}-\u{0008}\u{000b}-\u{000c}\u{000e}-\u{001F}\u{D800}-\u{DFFF}\u{FFFE}-\u{FFFF}]/gu;
+export const regexInvalidURI = /[ =&#:$@%?;/\\"<>%{}|^~[\]`\u{0000}-\u{0008}\u{000b}-\u{000c}\u{000e}-\u{001F}\u{D800}-\u{DFFF}\u{FFFE}-\u{FFFF}]/u;
 export const regexAddress = /^(b|r)(?=[^0OIl]{32,33})[0-9A-Za-z]{32,33}$/;
 
 /**