diff --git a/js/controllers/uriPayment.js b/js/controllers/uriPayment.js
index ccc701205..9cbc383c6 100644
--- a/js/controllers/uriPayment.js
+++ b/js/controllers/uriPayment.js
@@ -2,25 +2,12 @@
 
 angular.module('copayApp.controllers').controller('UriPaymentController', function($rootScope, $scope, $routeParams, $timeout, $location) {
   var data = decodeURIComponent($routeParams.data);
-  var splitDots = data.split(':');
-  $scope.protocol = splitDots[0];
-  data = splitDots[1];
-  var splitQuestion = data.split('?');
-  $scope.address = splitQuestion[0];
-  var search = splitQuestion[1];
-  data = JSON.parse('{"' + search.replace(/&/g, '","').replace(/=/g, '":"') + '"}',
-    function(key, value) {
-      return key === "" ? value : decodeURIComponent(value);
-    });
-  $scope.amount = parseFloat(data.amount);
-  $scope.message = data.message;
+  $rootScope.pendingPayment = copay.Structure.parseBitcoinURI($routeParams.data);
 
-  $rootScope.pendingPayment = {
-    protocol: $scope.protocol,
-    address: $scope.address,
-    amount: $scope.amount,
-    message: $scope.message
-  };
+  $scope.protocol = $rootScope.pendingPayment.protocol;
+  $scope.address = $rootScope.pendingPayment.address;
+  $scope.amount = $rootScope.pendingPayment.amount;
+  $scope.message = $rootScope.pendingPayment.message;
 
   $timeout(function() {
     $location.path('signin');
diff --git a/js/models/core/Structure.js b/js/models/core/Structure.js
index 88543f966..aafee4c0f 100644
--- a/js/models/core/Structure.js
+++ b/js/models/core/Structure.js
@@ -50,4 +50,23 @@ Structure.MAX_NON_HARDENED = MAX_NON_HARDENED;
 Structure.SHARED_INDEX = SHARED_INDEX;
 Structure.ID_INDEX = ID_INDEX;
 
+Structure.parseBitcoinURI = function(uri) {
+  var ret = {};
+  var data = decodeURIComponent(uri);
+  var splitDots = data.split(':');
+  ret.protocol = splitDots[0];
+  data = splitDots[1];
+  var splitQuestion = data.split('?');
+  ret.address = splitQuestion[0];
+  var search = splitQuestion[1];
+  data = JSON.parse('{"' + search.replace(/&/g, '","').replace(/=/g, '":"') + '"}',
+    function(key, value) {
+      return key === "" ? value : decodeURIComponent(value);
+    });
+  ret.amount = parseFloat(data.amount);
+  ret.message = data.message;
+
+  return ret;
+};
+
 module.exports = require('soop')(Structure);