diff --git a/src/thenewboston/base_classes/initialize_node.py b/src/thenewboston/base_classes/initialize_node.py
index 662df36..51e1ba8 100644
--- a/src/thenewboston/base_classes/initialize_node.py
+++ b/src/thenewboston/base_classes/initialize_node.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandParser
-from django.core.validators import validate_ipv46_address
+from django.core.validators import URLValidator
 
-from thenewboston.argparser.validators import int_validator, ipv46_validator, str_length_validator
+from thenewboston.argparser.validators import int_validator, ipv46_validator, str_length_validator, url_validator
 from thenewboston.constants.network import PROTOCOL_LIST, VERIFY_KEY_LENGTH
 
 """
@@ -75,16 +75,17 @@ def get_ip_address(self, value=None):
             if self.unattended:
                 ip_address = value
             else:
-                ip_address = input('Enter public IP address (required): ')
+                ip_address = input('Enter URL or public IP address (required): ')
 
             if not ip_address:
                 self._error('ip_address required')
                 continue
 
             try:
-                validate_ipv46_address(ip_address)
+                url_validator = URLValidator
+                url_validator(ip_address)
             except ValidationError:
-                self._error('Enter a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address')
+                self._error('Enter a valid Url, IPv4 or IPv6 address')
                 continue
 
             self.required_input['ip_address'] = ip_address
diff --git a/src/thenewboston/constants/network.py b/src/thenewboston/constants/network.py
index c9bf6bd..f7c6ec5 100644
--- a/src/thenewboston/constants/network.py
+++ b/src/thenewboston/constants/network.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 SIGNATURE_LENGTH = 128
 VERIFY_KEY_LENGTH = 64
 
-MEMO_MAX_LENGTH = 64
+MEMO_MAX_LENGTH = 256
 
 MIN_POINT_VALUE = 1
 MAX_POINT_VALUE = 281474976710656
diff --git a/src/thenewboston/models/network_node.py b/src/thenewboston/models/network_node.py
index a1f2d48..3e93533 100644
--- a/src/thenewboston/models/network_node.py
+++ b/src/thenewboston/models/network_node.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 class NetworkNode(models.Model):
     id = models.UUIDField(default=uuid4, editable=False, primary_key=True)  # noqa: A003
     account_number = models.CharField(max_length=VERIFY_KEY_LENGTH)
-    ip_address = models.GenericIPAddressField()
+    ip_address = models.URLField()
     node_identifier = models.CharField(max_length=VERIFY_KEY_LENGTH, unique=True)
     port = models.PositiveIntegerField(blank=True, null=True, validators=[MaxValueValidator(65535)])
     protocol = models.CharField(choices=PROTOCOL_CHOICES, max_length=5)