diff --git a/src/lib/utils.ts b/src/lib/utils.ts
index 0153c5f92..afacce7d8 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ export function formatEditedCaption(
   } edited ${absoluteTimestamp(timestamp)}`;
 }
 
-export function baseUrlToUrl(baseUrl: BaseUrl): URL {
-  return new URL(`${baseUrl.scheme}://${baseUrl.hostname}:${baseUrl.port}`);
+export function baseUrlToString(baseUrl: BaseUrl): string {
+  return `${baseUrl.scheme}://${baseUrl.hostname}:${baseUrl.port}`;
 }
 
 // Generates a publicly shareable link.
diff --git a/src/views/home/Index.svelte b/src/views/home/Index.svelte
index 7f9397652..4a6b5c0b2 100644
--- a/src/views/home/Index.svelte
+++ b/src/views/home/Index.svelte
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   import { api, httpdStore } from "@app/lib/httpd";
   import { deduplicateStore } from "@app/lib/deduplicateStore";
-  import { baseUrlToUrl } from "@app/lib/utils";
+  import { baseUrlToString } from "@app/lib/utils";
   import { getProjectsListingData } from "@app/lib/projects";
   import { handleError } from "@app/views/home/error";
   import { isDelegate } from "@app/lib/roles";
@@ -160,10 +160,7 @@
               </div>
             {:else if localProjects instanceof Error}
               <ErrorMessage
-                {...handleError(
-                  localProjects,
-                  baseUrlToUrl(api.baseUrl).toString(),
-                )} />
+                {...handleError(localProjects, baseUrlToString(api.baseUrl))} />
             {:else if !localProjects?.length}
               <div class="heading">No local projects</div>
               <div class="label">
@@ -219,7 +216,7 @@
             <ErrorMessage
               {...handleError(
                 preferredSeedProjects,
-                baseUrlToUrl(api.baseUrl).toString(),
+                baseUrlToString(api.baseUrl),
               )} />
           {:else}
             <div class="heading">Nothing to see here</div>
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/router.ts b/src/views/nodes/router.ts
index 2b95e6017..5b280be2a 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/router.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/router.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { ProjectWithListingData } from "@app/lib/projects";
 
 import { HttpdClient } from "@httpd-client";
 import { config } from "@app/lib/config";
-import { baseUrlToUrl, isLocal } from "@app/lib/utils";
+import { baseUrlToString, isLocal } from "@app/lib/utils";
 import { getProjectsListingData } from "@app/lib/projects";
 import { handleError } from "@app/views/nodes/error";
 
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ export async function loadNodeRoute(
       },
     };
   } catch (error: any) {
-    return handleError(error, baseUrlToUrl(api.baseUrl).toString());
+    return handleError(error, baseUrlToString(api.baseUrl));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/views/projects/Cob/Revision.svelte b/src/views/projects/Cob/Revision.svelte
index 25ebe0de7..d2dccf0f6 100644
--- a/src/views/projects/Cob/Revision.svelte
+++ b/src/views/projects/Cob/Revision.svelte
@@ -509,9 +509,9 @@
           style:border-radius="var(--border-radius-small">
           <ErrorMessage
             title="Failed to load diff for this revision"
-            description="Make sure you are able to connect to the seed <code>${utils
-              .baseUrlToUrl(api.baseUrl)
-              .toString()}</code>"
+            description="Make sure you are able to connect to the seed <code>${utils.baseUrlToString(
+              api.baseUrl,
+            )}</code>"
             {error} />
         </div>
       {/if}
diff --git a/src/views/projects/History.svelte b/src/views/projects/History.svelte
index 50fff4ea2..c6b7fdd88 100644
--- a/src/views/projects/History.svelte
+++ b/src/views/projects/History.svelte
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   import { COMMITS_PER_PAGE } from "./router";
   import { HttpdClient } from "@httpd-client";
-  import { baseUrlToUrl } from "@app/lib/utils";
+  import { baseUrlToString } from "@app/lib/utils";
   import { groupCommits } from "@app/lib/commit";
 
   import Button from "@app/components/Button.svelte";
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@
     <div class="message">
       <ErrorMessage
         title="Couldn't load commits"
-        description="Make sure you are able to connect to the seed <code>${baseUrlToUrl(
+        description="Make sure you are able to connect to the seed <code>${baseUrlToString(
           api.baseUrl,
-        ).toString()}</code>"
+        )}</code>"
         {error} />
     </div>
   {/if}
diff --git a/src/views/projects/Issues.svelte b/src/views/projects/Issues.svelte
index 13c6d6c29..27c6327e4 100644
--- a/src/views/projects/Issues.svelte
+++ b/src/views/projects/Issues.svelte
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   import { ISSUES_PER_PAGE } from "./router";
   import { closeFocused } from "@app/components/Popover.svelte";
   import { httpdStore } from "@app/lib/httpd";
-  import { baseUrlToUrl, isLocal } from "@app/lib/utils";
+  import { baseUrlToString, isLocal } from "@app/lib/utils";
   import capitalize from "lodash/capitalize";
 
   import Button from "@app/components/Button.svelte";
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@
   {#if error}
     <ErrorMessage
       title="Couldn't load issues"
-      description="Please make sure you are able to connect to the seed <code>${baseUrlToUrl(
+      description="Please make sure you are able to connect to the seed <code>${baseUrlToString(
         api.baseUrl,
-      ).toString()}</code>"
+      )}</code>"
       {error} />
   {/if}
 
diff --git a/src/views/projects/Patches.svelte b/src/views/projects/Patches.svelte
index d6c8dcf50..0c90014a9 100644
--- a/src/views/projects/Patches.svelte
+++ b/src/views/projects/Patches.svelte
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   import { PATCHES_PER_PAGE } from "./router";
   import { httpdStore } from "@app/lib/httpd";
-  import { baseUrlToUrl, isLocal } from "@app/lib/utils";
+  import { baseUrlToString, isLocal } from "@app/lib/utils";
 
   import Button from "@app/components/Button.svelte";
   import DropdownList from "@app/components/DropdownList.svelte";
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@
   {#if error}
     <ErrorMessage
       title="Couldn't load patches"
-      description="Please make sure you are able to connect to the seed <code>${baseUrlToUrl(
+      description="Please make sure you are able to connect to the seed <code>${baseUrlToString(
         api.baseUrl,
-      ).toString()}</code>"
+      )}</code>"
       {error} />
   {/if}
 
diff --git a/src/views/projects/error.ts b/src/views/projects/error.ts
index 1eb1bb4ca..95c1e81ea 100644
--- a/src/views/projects/error.ts
+++ b/src/views/projects/error.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { ErrorRoute, NotFoundRoute } from "@app/lib/router/definitions";
 import type { ProjectRoute } from "@app/views/projects/router";
 
-import { baseUrlToUrl, isLocal } from "@app/lib/utils";
+import { baseUrlToString, isLocal } from "@app/lib/utils";
 import { ResponseParseError, ResponseError } from "@httpd-client/lib/fetcher";
 import { httpdStore } from "@app/lib/httpd";
 import { get } from "svelte/store";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export function handleError(
   error: Error | ResponseParseError | ResponseError,
   route: ProjectRoute,
 ): NotFoundRoute | ErrorRoute {
-  const url = baseUrlToUrl(route.node);
+  const url = baseUrlToString(route.node);
   if (error instanceof ResponseError && error.status === 404) {
     let subject;