diff --git a/lib/ui/link.js b/lib/ui/link.js
index db4d672..d51bb92 100644
--- a/lib/ui/link.js
+++ b/lib/ui/link.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 var datKeyAs = require('dat-key-as')
 
 module.exports = function (key) {
-  return `Link: ${datKeyAs.str(key)}`
+  return `Link: dat://${datKeyAs.str(key)}`
 }
diff --git a/tests/helpers/index.js b/tests/helpers/index.js
index 55844ed..aa0a4fe 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/index.js
+++ b/tests/helpers/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ var os = require('os')
 var path = require('path')
 var mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
 var rimraf = require('rimraf')
+var datKeyAs = require('dat-key-as')
 var recursiveReadSync = require('recursive-readdir-sync')
 var Dat = require('dat-node')
 var hypercore = require('hypercore')
@@ -54,7 +55,13 @@ function newTestFolder () {
 function matchDatLink (str) {
   var match = str.match(/[A-Za-z0-9]{64}/)
   if (!match) return false
-  return match[0].trim()
+  var key
+  try {
+    key = datKeyAs.str(match[0].trim())
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false
+  }
+  return key
 }
 
 function isDir (dir) {