diff --git a/src/components/AuthModal.vue b/src/components/AuthModal.vue
index 911636d..ab2eb25 100644
--- a/src/components/AuthModal.vue
+++ b/src/components/AuthModal.vue
@@ -567,31 +567,73 @@ function handleAmberOpen() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Decode a pubkey from text. Handles hex, npub, and nprofile formats.
+ * Decode a pubkey from text. Handles hex, npub, nprofile, and JSON (e.g. pasted NIP-98 event).
+ * Normalizes pasted content: trims, strips newlines, accepts hex with extra characters.
  */
 async function decodePubkeyText(text: string): Promise<string> {
-  if (/^[0-9a-f]{64}$/i.test(text)) return text
-  if (text.startsWith('npub') || text.startsWith('nprofile')) {
+  const raw = text.trim().replace(/\s+/g, '')
+  if (!raw) throw new Error('Not a valid public key. Expected hex or npub format.')
+
+  // JSON: e.g. pasted NIP-98 request or signed event from Amber (use trim only so JSON stays valid)
+  if (raw.startsWith('{')) {
+    try {
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(text.trim())
+      if (parsed.pubkey && /^[0-9a-f]{64}$/i.test(String(parsed.pubkey))) {
+        return String(parsed.pubkey)
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Not valid JSON, fall through
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Exact 64-char hex
+  if (/^[0-9a-f]{64}$/i.test(raw)) return raw
+
+  // Hex with extra chars: take first 64 hex characters
+  const hexOnly = raw.replace(/[^0-9a-fA-F]/g, '')
+  if (hexOnly.length >= 64) {
+    return hexOnly.slice(0, 64)
+  }
+
+  // npub / nprofile
+  const trimmed = text.trim()
+  if (trimmed.startsWith('npub') || trimmed.startsWith('nprofile')) {
     const { decodeProfilePointer } = await import('applesauce-core/helpers')
-    const decoded = decodeProfilePointer(text)
+    const decoded = decodeProfilePointer(trimmed)
     if (!decoded?.pubkey) throw new Error('Could not decode npub')
     return decoded.pubkey
   }
+
   throw new Error('Not a valid public key. Expected hex or npub format.')
 }
 
 /**
  * Process a pubkey (from auto-read or paste), then open Amber to sign NIP-98.
+ * If the user pasted a full signed NIP-98 event (e.g. from Amber), complete login directly.
  */
 async function processPubkey(text: string) {
   errorMessage.value = null
   try {
+    // If they pasted the signed event JSON from Amber, complete login without opening Amber again
+    const trimmed = text.trim()
+    if (trimmed.startsWith('{')) {
+      try {
+        const parsed = JSON.parse(trimmed)
+        if (parsed.sig && parsed.pubkey && /^[0-9a-f]{64}$/i.test(String(parsed.pubkey))) {
+          await processSignature(trimmed)
+          return
+        }
+      } catch {
+        // Not a signed event, continue to pubkey extraction
+      }
+    }
+
     const pubkey = await decodePubkeyText(text)
     amberPubkey.value = pubkey
     showPasteFallback.value = false
     amberPasteInput.value = ''
 
-    // Build the unsigned NIP-98 event
+    // Build the unsigned NIP-98 event (name tag so Amber shows "IndeeHub" not "null")
     const sessionUrl = authService.getNostrSessionUrl()
     const unsignedEvent = {
       kind: 27235,
@@ -599,6 +641,7 @@ async function processPubkey(text: string) {
       tags: [
         ['u', sessionUrl],
         ['method', 'POST'],
+        ['name', 'IndeeHub'],
       ],
       content: '',
       pubkey,