diff --git a/src/Create.tsx b/src/Create.tsx
index 1960db41d..7d0fdae8f 100644
--- a/src/Create.tsx
+++ b/src/Create.tsx
@@ -60,11 +60,13 @@ import { enableWebln } from "./utils/webln";
 const Create = () => {
     let receiveAmountRef: HTMLInputElement, sendAmountRef: HTMLInputElement;
 
-    // if btc and amount > 100, switch to sat
+    // if btc and amount > 99, switch to sat
     // user failed to notice the non satoshi denomination
     const changeDenomination = (amount: number) => {
         if (denomination() === denominations.btc && amount > 99) {
             setDenomination(denominations.sat);
+        } else if (denomination() === denominations.sat && amount < 1) {
+            setDenomination(denominations.btc);
         }
     };
 
@@ -109,6 +111,9 @@ const Create = () => {
     const validateInput = (evt: KeyboardEvent) => {
         const input = evt.currentTarget as HTMLInputElement;
         const keycode = evt.key;
+        if (denomination() == "sat" && keycode === ".") {
+            setDenomination(denominations.btc);
+        }
         const hasDot = input.value.includes(".");
         const regex = denomination() == "sat" || hasDot ? /[0-9]/ : /[0-9]|\./;
         if (!regex.test(keycode)) {
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@ const Create = () => {
     const validatePaste = (evt: ClipboardEvent) => {
         const clipboardData = evt.clipboardData || globalThis.clipboardData;
         const pastedData = clipboardData.getData("Text").trim();
+        changeDenomination(Number(pastedData));
         if (!getValidationRegex().test(pastedData)) {
             evt.stopPropagation();
             evt.preventDefault();