diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/ChooseContactActivity.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/ChooseContactActivity.java
index bdd19a623cbcf00369f5ad1068f321b6e8785784..3a507c5192440035a6b63f4d75ca5046867f2438 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/ChooseContactActivity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/ChooseContactActivity.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import android.widget.AdapterView;
 import android.widget.ListView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -347,7 +349,7 @@ public class ChooseContactActivity extends AbstractSearchableListItemActivity im
     private void handleActivityResult(ActivityResult activityResult) {
         if (activityResult.resultCode == RESULT_OK && activityResult.requestCode == ScanActivity.REQUEST_SCAN_QR_CODE) {
             String result = activityResult.data.getStringExtra(ScanActivity.INTENT_EXTRA_RESULT);
-            XmppUri uri = new XmppUri(result == null ? "" : result);
+            XmppUri uri = new XmppUri(Strings.nullToEmpty(result));
             if (uri.isValidJid()) {
                 showEnterJidDialog(uri);
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/XmppUri.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/XmppUri.java
index 5db19ad05f12bef5c1b4306171bd83a67a892bf2..52f84f24b3a364c5c356956346a486e157deadbe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/XmppUri.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/XmppUri.java
@@ -174,11 +174,7 @@ public class XmppUri {
                 jid = null;
             }
         } else {
-            try {
-                jid = Jid.ofEscaped(uri.toString()).asBareJid().toEscapedString();
-            } catch (final IllegalArgumentException ignored) {
-                jid = null;
-            }
+            jid = null;
         }
     }