diff --git a/src/main/scala/Components.scala b/src/main/scala/Components.scala
index 9596337..35f9025 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/Components.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/Components.scala
@@ -160,15 +160,20 @@ object Components {
   def renderAddressPointer(
       store: Store,
       addr: snow.AddressPointer
-  ): Resource[IO, HtmlDivElement[IO]] =
+  ): Resource[IO, HtmlDivElement[IO]] = {
+    val nip33atag =
+      s"${addr.kind}:${addr.author.value.toHex}:${addr.d}"
+
     div(
       cls := "text-md",
       entry("author (pubkey hex)", addr.author.value.toHex),
       entry("identifier (d tag)", addr.d),
       entry("kind", addr.kind.toString),
       relayHints(store, addr.relays),
-      nip19_21(store, "naddr", NIP19.encode(addr))
+      nip19_21(store, "naddr", NIP19.encode(addr)),
+      entry("nip33 'a' tag", nip33atag, Some(editable(store, nip33atag)))
     )
+  }
 
   def renderEvent(
       store: Store,
@@ -285,7 +290,7 @@ object Components {
     div(
       cls := "flex items-center space-x-3",
       span(cls := "font-bold", key + " "),
-      span(Styles.mono, cls := "max-w-xl", value),
+      span(Styles.mono, cls := "max-w-xl break-all", value),
       editLink
     )
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/Parser.scala b/src/main/scala/Parser.scala
index 12ce8cd..9033aaa 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/Parser.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/Parser.scala
@@ -22,11 +22,27 @@ object Parser {
         .flatMap(b => Try(Right(ByteVector32(b))).toOption)
         .getOrElse(
           NIP19.decode(input) match {
-            case Right(pp: ProfilePointer)   => Right(pp)
-            case Right(evp: EventPointer)    => Right(evp)
-            case Right(sk: PrivateKey)       => Right(sk)
-            case Right(addr: AddressPointer) => Right(addr)
+            case Right(pp: ProfilePointer)             => Right(pp)
+            case Right(evp: EventPointer)              => Right(evp)
+            case Right(sk: PrivateKey)                 => Right(sk)
+            case Right(addr: AddressPointer)           => Right(addr)
+            case Left(_) if input.split(":").size == 3 =>
+              // parse "a" tag format, nip 33
+              val spl = input.split(":")
+              (
+                spl(0).toIntOption,
+                ByteVector.fromHex(spl(1)),
+                Some(spl(2))
+              ).mapN((kind, author, identifier) =>
+                AddressPointer(
+                  identifier,
+                  kind,
+                  scoin.XOnlyPublicKey(ByteVector32(author)),
+                  relays = List.empty
+                )
+              ).toRight("couldn't parse as a nip33 'a' tag")
             case Left(_) =>
+              // parse event json
               parse(input) match {
                 case Left(err: io.circe.ParsingFailure) =>
                   Left("not valid JSON or NIP-19 code")