diff --git a/lib/clip_web/live/board_live.ex b/lib/clip_web/live/board_live.ex
index c70036f..f0c425d 100644
--- a/lib/clip_web/live/board_live.ex
+++ b/lib/clip_web/live/board_live.ex
@@ -18,21 +18,30 @@ defmodule ClipWeb.BoardLive do
     {:ok, assign(socket, snippet: "")}
   end
 
-  @impl true
-  def handle_event("normalize", _, %{"snippet" => snippet} = socket) do
+  defp normalize(pnumber, local_pref \\ "0351", country_pref \\ "0049") do
+    pnumber
+    |> String.replace(~r/^\s*\+/, "00")
+    |> String.replace(~r/\D/, "")
+    |> String.replace(~r/^00+/, "00")
+    |> String.replace(~r/^(?=[1-9])/, local_pref)
+    |> String.replace(~r/^0(?=[1-9])/, country_pref)
+  end
 
-    Phoenix.PubSub.broadcast(Clip.PubSub, "everybody", {:snippet_pasted, %{"snippet" => snippet}})
+  @impl true
+  def handle_event("normalize", _, %{assigns: %{snippet: snippet}} = socket) do
+    norm_snipp = normalize(snippet)
+    Phoenix.PubSub.broadcast(Clip.PubSub, "everybody", {:snippet_pasted, %{snippet: norm_snipp}})
     {:noreply, assign(socket, snippet: snippet)}
   end
 
   @impl true
   def handle_event("paste", %{"snippet" => snippet}, socket) do
-    Phoenix.PubSub.broadcast(Clip.PubSub, "everybody", {:snippet_pasted, %{"snippet" => snippet}})
+    Phoenix.PubSub.broadcast(Clip.PubSub, "everybody", {:snippet_pasted, %{snippet: snippet}})
     {:noreply, assign(socket, snippet: snippet)}
   end
 
   @impl true
-  def handle_info({:snippet_pasted, %{"snippet" => snippet}}, socket) do
+  def handle_info({:snippet_pasted, %{snippet: snippet}}, socket) do
     {:noreply, assign(socket, snippet: snippet)}
   end
 end