diff --git a/server/lib/notifications/agents/telegram.ts b/server/lib/notifications/agents/telegram.ts
index 9913d35e6..fd3b4dd9f 100644
--- a/server/lib/notifications/agents/telegram.ts
+++ b/server/lib/notifications/agents/telegram.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class TelegramAgent
     const title = this.escapeText(payload.subject);
     const plot = this.escapeText(payload.message);
     const user = this.escapeText(payload.notifyUser.displayName);
+    const applicationTitle = this.escapeText(settings.main.applicationTitle);
 
     /* eslint-disable no-useless-escape */
     switch (type) {
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ class TelegramAgent
 
     if (settings.main.applicationUrl && payload.media) {
       const actionUrl = `${settings.main.applicationUrl}/${payload.media.mediaType}/${payload.media.tmdbId}`;
-      message += `\n\n\[Open in ${settings.main.applicationTitle}\]\(${actionUrl}\)`;
+      message += `\n\n\[Open in ${applicationTitle}\]\(${actionUrl}\)`;
     }
     /* eslint-enable */
 
diff --git a/src/components/Settings/Notifications/NotificationsTelegram.tsx b/src/components/Settings/Notifications/NotificationsTelegram.tsx
index bc626fd55..abfd8b0af 100644
--- a/src/components/Settings/Notifications/NotificationsTelegram.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Settings/Notifications/NotificationsTelegram.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
   botAPI: 'Bot Authentication Token',
   chatId: 'Chat ID',
   validationBotAPIRequired: 'You must provide a bot authentication token',
-  validationChatIdRequired: 'You must provide a valid chat ID',
+  validationChatIdRequired: 'You must provide a chat ID',
   telegramsettingssaved: 'Telegram notification settings saved successfully!',
   telegramsettingsfailed: 'Telegram notification settings failed to save.',
   testsent: 'Test notification sent!',
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ const NotificationsTelegram: React.FC = () => {
     botAPI: Yup.string().required(
       intl.formatMessage(messages.validationBotAPIRequired)
     ),
-    chatId: Yup.string()
-      .required(intl.formatMessage(messages.validationChatIdRequired))
-      .matches(/^\d+$/, intl.formatMessage(messages.validationChatIdRequired)),
+    chatId: Yup.string().required(
+      intl.formatMessage(messages.validationChatIdRequired)
+    ),
   });
 
   if (!data && !error) {
diff --git a/src/i18n/locale/en.json b/src/i18n/locale/en.json
index 082836caa..2c4e6b5bb 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locale/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locale/en.json
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
   "components.Settings.Notifications.test": "Test",
   "components.Settings.Notifications.testsent": "Test notification sent!",
   "components.Settings.Notifications.validationBotAPIRequired": "You must provide a bot authentication token",
-  "components.Settings.Notifications.validationChatIdRequired": "You must provide a valid chat ID",
+  "components.Settings.Notifications.validationChatIdRequired": "You must provide a chat ID",
   "components.Settings.Notifications.validationEmail": "You must provide a valid email address",
   "components.Settings.Notifications.validationSmtpHostRequired": "You must provide an SMTP host",
   "components.Settings.Notifications.validationSmtpPortRequired": "You must provide an SMTP port",