diff --git a/src/js/components/searchbox/SearchBox.tsx b/src/js/components/searchbox/SearchBox.tsx
index 39667aa02..534641696 100644
--- a/src/js/components/searchbox/SearchBox.tsx
+++ b/src/js/components/searchbox/SearchBox.tsx
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class SearchBox extends Component<Props, State> {
         Key.getPubKeyByNip05Address(query).then((pubKey) => {
           // if query hasn't changed since we started the request
           if (pubKey && query === String(this.props.query || this.inputRef.current.value)) {
-            this.props.onSelect?.({ key: pubKey.toHex() });
+            this.props.onSelect?.({ key: pubKey.hex });
           }
         });
       }
diff --git a/src/js/utils/Hex/Hex.test.ts b/src/js/utils/Hex/Hex.test.ts
index cd1ca513a..3d4c98253 100644
--- a/src/js/utils/Hex/Hex.test.ts
+++ b/src/js/utils/Hex/Hex.test.ts
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ describe('PublicKey', () => {
     const bech32 = 'npub1g53mukxnjkcmr94fhryzkqutdz2ukq4ks0gvy5af25rgmwsl4ngq43drvk';
     const hex = '4523be58d395b1b196a9b8c82b038b6895cb02b683d0c253a955068dba1facd0';
     const publicKey = new PublicKey(bech32);
-    expect(publicKey.toHex()).toEqual(hex);
-    expect(publicKey.toBech32()).toEqual(bech32);
+    expect(publicKey.hex).toEqual(hex);
+    expect(publicKey.npub).toEqual(bech32);
   });
 
   it('should init from hex', () => {
     const hex = '4523be58d395b1b196a9b8c82b038b6895cb02b683d0c253a955068dba1facd0';
     const publicKey = new PublicKey(hex);
-    expect(publicKey.toHex()).toEqual(hex);
-    expect(publicKey.toBech32()).toEqual(
+    expect(publicKey.hex).toEqual(hex);
+    expect(publicKey.npub).toEqual(
       'npub1g53mukxnjkcmr94fhryzkqutdz2ukq4ks0gvy5af25rgmwsl4ngq43drvk',
     );
   });
@@ -51,17 +51,15 @@ describe('EventID', () => {
     const noteBech32 = 'note1wdyajan9c9d72wanqe2l34lxgdu3q5esglhquusfkg34fqq6462qh4cjd5';
     const noteHex = '7349d97665c15be53bb30655f8d7e6437910533047ee0e7209b22354801aae94';
     const eventId = new EventID(noteBech32);
-    expect(eventId.toHex()).toEqual(noteHex);
-    expect(eventId.toBech32()).toEqual(noteBech32);
+    expect(eventId.hex).toEqual(noteHex);
+    expect(eventId.note).toEqual(noteBech32);
   });
 
   it('should init from hex', () => {
     const hex = '7349d97665c15be53bb30655f8d7e6437910533047ee0e7209b22354801aae94';
     const eventId = new EventID(hex);
-    expect(eventId.toHex()).toEqual(hex);
-    expect(eventId.toBech32()).toEqual(
-      'note1wdyajan9c9d72wanqe2l34lxgdu3q5esglhquusfkg34fqq6462qh4cjd5',
-    );
+    expect(eventId.hex).toEqual(hex);
+    expect(eventId.note).toEqual('note1wdyajan9c9d72wanqe2l34lxgdu3q5esglhquusfkg34fqq6462qh4cjd5');
   });
 
   it('should fail with too long hex', () => {
diff --git a/src/js/utils/Hex/Hex.ts b/src/js/utils/Hex/Hex.ts
index 569594e17..878192b7d 100644
--- a/src/js/utils/Hex/Hex.ts
+++ b/src/js/utils/Hex/Hex.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class Hex {
     return bech32.encode(prefix, bytes);
   }
 
-  toHex(): string {
+  get hex(): string {
     return this.value;
   }
 
@@ -53,15 +53,25 @@ export class Hex {
 }
 
 export class EventID extends Hex {
+  noteValue: string | undefined;
+
   constructor(str: string) {
-    if (str.startsWith('note')) {
-      str = bech32ToHex(str);
+    const isNote = str.startsWith('note');
+    let hexValue = str;
+    if (isNote) {
+      hexValue = bech32ToHex(str);
+    }
+    super(hexValue, 64);
+    if (isNote) {
+      this.noteValue = str; // preserve the original Bech32 value
     }
-    super(str, 64);
   }
 
-  toBech32(): string {
-    return super.toBech32('note');
+  get note(): string {
+    if (!this.noteValue) {
+      this.noteValue = super.toBech32('note');
+    }
+    return this.noteValue;
   }
 
   equals(other: EventID | string): boolean {
@@ -76,15 +86,25 @@ export class EventID extends Hex {
 }
 
 export class PublicKey extends Hex {
+  npubValue: string | undefined;
+
   constructor(str: string) {
-    if (str.startsWith('npub')) {
-      str = bech32ToHex(str);
+    const isNpub = str.startsWith('npub');
+    let hexValue = str;
+    if (isNpub) {
+      hexValue = bech32ToHex(str);
+    }
+    super(hexValue, 64);
+    if (isNpub) {
+      this.npubValue = str; // preserve the original Bech32 value
     }
-    super(str, 64);
   }
 
-  toBech32(): string {
-    return super.toBech32('npub');
+  get npub(): string {
+    if (!this.npubValue) {
+      this.npubValue = super.toBech32('npub');
+    }
+    return this.npubValue;
   }
 
   equals(other: PublicKey | string): boolean {
diff --git a/src/js/views/Note.tsx b/src/js/views/Note.tsx
index d8d52a3f8..966f8bd3d 100644
--- a/src/js/views/Note.tsx
+++ b/src/js/views/Note.tsx
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import { translate as t } from '../translations/Translation.mjs';
 
 const Note = (props) => {
   useEffect(() => {
-    const nostrBech32Id = new EventID(props.id).toBech32();
-    if (nostrBech32Id && props.id !== nostrBech32Id) {
-      route(`/${nostrBech32Id}`, true);
+    const noteId = new EventID(props.id).note;
+    if (noteId && props.id !== noteId) {
+      route(`/${noteId}`, true);
       return;
     }
   }, [props.id]);
diff --git a/src/js/views/profile/Profile.tsx b/src/js/views/profile/Profile.tsx
index 5e439edbc..ce8ae1271 100644
--- a/src/js/views/profile/Profile.tsx
+++ b/src/js/views/profile/Profile.tsx
@@ -63,15 +63,14 @@ function Profile(props) {
   useEffect(() => {
     try {
       const pub = new PublicKey(props.id);
-      const npubComputed = pub.toBech32();
 
-      if (npubComputed !== props.id) {
-        route(`/${npubComputed}`, true);
+      if (pub.npub !== props.id) {
+        route(`/${pub.npub}`, true);
         return;
       }
 
-      setHexPub(pub.toHex());
-      setNpub(npubComputed);
+      setHexPub(pub.hex);
+      setNpub(pub.npub);
     } catch (e) {
       let nostrAddress = props.id;
 
@@ -85,8 +84,8 @@ function Profile(props) {
 
       Key.getPubKeyByNip05Address(nostrAddress).then((pubKey) => {
         if (pubKey) {
-          setNpub(pubKey.toBech32());
-          setHexPub(pubKey.toHex());
+          setNpub(pubKey.npub);
+          setHexPub(pubKey.hex);
         } else {
           setNpub(''); // To indicate not found
         }