diff --git a/bin/nostr_console.dart b/bin/nostr_console.dart
index 4197df8..94037b2 100644
--- a/bin/nostr_console.dart
+++ b/bin/nostr_console.dart
@@ -464,3 +464,4 @@ Future<void> main(List<String> arguments) async {
       return;
     }    
 }
+
diff --git a/lib/console_ui.dart b/lib/console_ui.dart
index 0244546..5b826e7 100644
--- a/lib/console_ui.dart
+++ b/lib/console_ui.dart
@@ -570,16 +570,16 @@ void printPubkeys(Set<String> pubkey) {
 void printPubkeyResult(Set<String> pubkey) {
 
   if( pubkey.isEmpty) {
-    print("There is no pubkey for that given name.");
+    stdout.write("There is no pubkey for that given name.\n");
     return;
   } else {
     if( pubkey.length == 1) {
-      print("There is 1 public key for the given name, which is: ");
+      stdout.write("There is 1 public key for the given name, which is: \n");
     } else {
-      print("There are ${pubkey.length} public keys for the given name, which are: ");
+      stdout.write("There are ${pubkey.length} public keys for the given name, which are: \n");
     }
+    printPubkeys(pubkey);
   }
-  printPubkeys(pubkey);
 }
 
 Future<void> otherOptionsMenuUi(Store node) async {
@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ Future<void> socialMenuUi(Store node) async {
           stdout.write("Printing profile of a user; type username or first few letters of user's public key( or full public key): ");
           String? $tempUserName = stdin.readLineSync();
           String userName = $tempUserName??"";
-          stdout.write( "user name: $userName");
+          stdout.write( "Entered name/pubkey: $userName\n");
           if( userName != "") {
             Set<String> pubkey = getPublicKeyFromName(userName); 
 
diff --git a/lib/event_ds.dart b/lib/event_ds.dart
index 448e162..c5dd213 100644
--- a/lib/event_ds.dart
+++ b/lib/event_ds.dart
@@ -1357,21 +1357,34 @@ Set<String> getPublicKeyFromName(String inquiredName) {
   if( inquiredName.isEmpty) {
     return {};
   }
+
+  inquiredName = inquiredName.toLowerCase();
+
   Set<String> pubkeys = {};
   gKindONames.forEach((pubkey, userInfo) {
     // check both the user name, and the pubkey to search for the user
     // check username 
     if( userInfo.name != null) {
       int minNameLen = min( inquiredName.length, (userInfo.name?.length)??0);
-      if( inquiredName.toLowerCase() == userInfo.name?.substring(0, minNameLen).toLowerCase()) {
+      if( inquiredName == userInfo.name?.substring(0, minNameLen).toLowerCase()) {
         pubkeys.add(pubkey);
       }
     }
 
     // check public key
-    if( inquiredName.length >= 2 &&  inquiredName.length <= pubkey.length) {
-      if( pubkey.substring(0, inquiredName.length) == inquiredName) {
-        pubkeys.add(pubkey);
+    if (inquiredName.startsWith("npub")) { // check npub
+      String? hexKey = getHexPubkeyFromNpub(inquiredName);
+      if (hexKey != null) {
+        pubkeys.add(hexKey);
+        //stdout.write("found user");
+      } else {
+        //stdout.write("")
+      }
+    } else { // in case it is a hex key
+      if (inquiredName.length >= 2 && inquiredName.length <= pubkey.length) {
+        if (pubkey.substring(0, inquiredName.length) == inquiredName) {
+          pubkeys.add(pubkey);
+        }
       }
     }
   });
@@ -1780,3 +1793,15 @@ String myGetPublicKey(String prikey) {
   }
   return pubkey;
 }
+
+String? getHexPubkeyFromNpub(String npubKey) {
+  Map<String, String> npubMap = bech32Decode(npubKey);
+  String? npubPubkey = npubMap["data"];
+ 
+  if (npubPubkey != null) {
+    return npubPubkey;
+  } else {
+    //print("Could not parse the given npub/public key. Exiting.");
+    return null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/utils.dart b/lib/utils.dart
index 6bffd78..05e9580 100644
--- a/lib/utils.dart
+++ b/lib/utils.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'dart:io';
 import 'package:qr/qr.dart';
+import 'package:nostr_console/nip_019.dart';
 
 enum enumRoomType { kind4, kind40, kind140, RoomLocationTag, RoomTTag}