diff --git a/src/eth/consensus/mod.rs b/src/eth/consensus/mod.rs
index f14dfaaa6..07c4bb761 100644
--- a/src/eth/consensus/mod.rs
+++ b/src/eth/consensus/mod.rs
@@ -94,14 +94,22 @@ impl PeerAddress {
     }
 
     fn from_string(s: String) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
-        let parts: Vec<&str> = s.split(':').collect();
+        let (scheme, address_part) = if s.starts_with("http://") {
+            ("http://", &s[7..])
+        } else if s.starts_with("https://") {
+            ("https://", &s[8..])
+        } else {
+            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("invalid scheme"));
+        };
+
+        let parts: Vec<&str> = address_part.split(':').collect();
         if parts.len() != 2 {
-            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Invalid format"));
+            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("invalid format"));
         }
-        let address = parts[0].to_string();
+        let address = format!("{}{}", scheme, parts[0]);
         let ports: Vec<&str> = parts[1].split(';').collect();
         if ports.len() != 2 {
-            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Invalid format"));
+            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("invalid format for jsonrpc and grpc ports"));
         }
         let jsonrpc_port = ports[0].parse::<u16>()?;
         let grpc_port = ports[1].parse::<u16>()?;
@@ -750,3 +758,41 @@ impl AppendEntryService for AppendEntryServiceImpl {
         }))
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_peer_address_from_string_valid() {
+        let input = "http://127.0.0.1:3000;3777".to_string();
+        let result = PeerAddress::from_string(input);
+
+        assert!(result.is_ok());
+        let peer_address = result.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(peer_address.address, "http://127.0.0.1");
+        assert_eq!(peer_address.jsonrpc_port, 3000);
+        assert_eq!(peer_address.grpc_port, 3777);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_another_peer_address_from_string_valid() {
+        let input = "https://127.0.0.1:3000;3777".to_string();
+        let result = PeerAddress::from_string(input);
+
+        assert!(result.is_ok());
+        let peer_address = result.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(peer_address.address, "https://127.0.0.1");
+        assert_eq!(peer_address.jsonrpc_port, 3000);
+        assert_eq!(peer_address.grpc_port, 3777);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_peer_address_from_string_invalid_format() {
+        let input = "http://127.0.0.1-3000;3777".to_string();
+        let result = PeerAddress::from_string(input);
+
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+        assert_eq!(result.err().unwrap().to_string(), "invalid format");
+    }
+}