diff --git a/src/routes/_pages/settings/instances/add.html b/src/routes/_pages/settings/instances/add.html
index f6ff61fe..502ddfe1 100644
--- a/src/routes/_pages/settings/instances/add.html
+++ b/src/routes/_pages/settings/instances/add.html
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       </noscript>
 
       <label for="instanceInput">Instance:</label>
-      <input type="text" inputmode="url" id="instanceInput"
+      <input type="text" inputmode="url" autocapitalize="none" spellcheck="false" id="instanceInput"
              bind:value='$instanceNameInSearch' placeholder="Enter instance name" required
       >
       <button class="primary" type="submit" id="submitButton"