diff --git a/app/src/main/scala/org/alephium/explorer/persistence/queries/TokenQueries.scala b/app/src/main/scala/org/alephium/explorer/persistence/queries/TokenQueries.scala
index 6e9bc408..b5b632f0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/scala/org/alephium/explorer/persistence/queries/TokenQueries.scala
+++ b/app/src/main/scala/org/alephium/explorer/persistence/queries/TokenQueries.scala
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ object TokenQueries extends StrictLogging {
   def insertNFTMetadata(
       metadata: NFTMetadata
   ): DBActionW[Int] = {
-    val cleanedTokenUri = metadata.tokenUri.replaceAll("\u0000", "")
     sqlu"""
       INSERT INTO nft_metadata (
         "token",
@@ -336,7 +335,7 @@ object TokenQueries extends StrictLogging {
         "collection_id",
         "nft_index"
         )
-      VALUES (${metadata.id},${cleanedTokenUri},${metadata.collectionId},${metadata.nftIndex})
+      VALUES (${metadata.id},${metadata.tokenUri},${metadata.collectionId},${metadata.nftIndex})
       ON CONFLICT
       DO NOTHING
     """
diff --git a/app/src/main/scala/org/alephium/explorer/service/BlockFlowClient.scala b/app/src/main/scala/org/alephium/explorer/service/BlockFlowClient.scala
index fb68dbf1..67b0740e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/scala/org/alephium/explorer/service/BlockFlowClient.scala
+++ b/app/src/main/scala/org/alephium/explorer/service/BlockFlowClient.scala
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ object BlockFlowClient extends StrictLogging {
   def valToString(value: api.model.Val): Option[String] =
     value match {
       case api.model.ValByteVec(bytes) =>
-        Some(bytes.utf8String)
+        Some(bytes.utf8String.replaceAll("\u0000", ""))
       case _ => None
     }