diff --git a/upi-recon.py b/upi-recon.py
index 121c8d7..0c16f87 100644
--- a/upi-recon.py
+++ b/upi-recon.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def address_discovery(vpa, api_url):
     # set variables and normalize input
     API_URL = 'https://api.razorpay.com/v1/payments/validate/account?key_id='
     api_key_id = config.get('main', 'api_key_id')
-    phone = arguments.phone[2:] if arguments.phone[0:2] == '91' else arguments.phone
+    phone = arguments.phone[2:] if arguments.phone[0:2] == '91' and len(arguments.phone) > 10 else arguments.phone
     # check if api_key_id is correct
     if api_key_id and not api_key_id[0:3] == 'rzp':
         quit('[!] invalid api_key_id')
@@ -112,4 +112,4 @@ def address_discovery(vpa, api_url):
                     print('\n[!] interrupted! stopping threads...')
                     exit(1)
         print('[i] finished at ' + datetime.now().strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S"))
-        exit(1)
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+        exit(1)