diff --git a/client/src/Components/StarPrompt/index.jsx b/client/src/Components/StarPrompt/index.jsx
index 64fce1d3f..f5f130387 100644
--- a/client/src/Components/StarPrompt/index.jsx
+++ b/client/src/Components/StarPrompt/index.jsx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const StarPrompt = ({ repoUrl = "https://github.com/bluewave-labs/checkmate" })
 			<Typography
 				variant="body1"
 				sx={{
-					color: theme.palette.text.secondary,
+					color: theme.palette.primary.contrastTextTertiary,
 					fontSize: "0.938rem",
 					lineHeight: 1.5,
 					mb: 1,
diff --git a/client/src/Pages/Uptime/Create/index.jsx b/client/src/Pages/Uptime/Create/index.jsx
index f821ea9e4..668d840af 100644
--- a/client/src/Pages/Uptime/Create/index.jsx
+++ b/client/src/Pages/Uptime/Create/index.jsx
@@ -44,20 +44,6 @@ import {
 	useFetchMonitorGames,
 } from "../../../Hooks/monitorHooks";
 
-/**
- * Parses a URL string and returns a URL object.
- *
- * @param {string} url - The URL string to parse.
- * @returns {URL} - The parsed URL object if valid, otherwise an empty string.
- */
-const parseUrl = (url) => {
-	try {
-		return new URL(url);
-	} catch (error) {
-		return null;
-	}
-};
-
 /**
  * Create page renders monitor creation or configuration views.
  * @component
@@ -299,7 +285,7 @@ const UptimeCreate = ({ isClone = false }) => {
 
 	const isBusy = isLoading || isCreating || isDeleting || isUpdating || isPausing;
 	const displayInterval = monitor?.interval / MS_PER_MINUTE || 1;
-	const parsedUrl = parseUrl(monitor?.url);
+	const parsedUrl = monitor?.url;
 	const protocol = parsedUrl?.protocol?.replace(":", "") || "";
 
 	useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/client/src/Validation/validation.js b/client/src/Validation/validation.js
index c778efc9e..902356ae2 100644
--- a/client/src/Validation/validation.js
+++ b/client/src/Validation/validation.js
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ const monitorValidation = joi.object({
 						// can be replaced by a shortest alternative
 						// (?![-_])(?:[-\\w\\u00a1-\\uffff]{0,63}[^-_]\\.)+
 						"(?:" +
+						// Single hostname without dots (like localhost)
+						"[a-z0-9\\u00a1-\\uffff][a-z0-9\\u00a1-\\uffff_-]{0,62}" +
+						"|" +
+						// Domain with dots
+						"(?:" +
 						"(?:" +
 						"[a-z0-9\\u00a1-\\uffff]" +
 						"[a-z0-9\\u00a1-\\uffff_-]{0,62}" +
@@ -159,6 +164,7 @@ const monitorValidation = joi.object({
 						// TLD identifier name, may end with dot
 						"(?:[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff]{2,}\\.?)" +
 						")" +
+						")" +
 						// port number (optional)
 						"(?::\\d{2,5})?" +
 						// resource path (optional)