diff --git a/app/management/commands/import.py b/app/management/commands/import.py
index aa575eb..463c88e 100644
--- a/app/management/commands/import.py
+++ b/app/management/commands/import.py
@@ -411,6 +411,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
 
 def handle_object_dict(object_dict, model_name):
+    if model_name == 'Resource':
+        object_dict['url'] = object_dict['url'].strip("#")
     if model_name == 'Range':
         # Reinstate range_name key
         object_dict['range_name'] = object_dict['range_name_id']
diff --git a/app/migrations/0025_alter_resource_url.py b/app/migrations/0025_alter_resource_url.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f4a3ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/migrations/0025_alter_resource_url.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.5 on 2021-11-26 11:16
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('app', '0024_alter_resource_stars'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='resource',
+            name='url',
+            field=models.URLField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/app/models.py b/app/models.py
index 533463a..63559ca 100644
--- a/app/models.py
+++ b/app/models.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class Resource(models.Model):
     id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
     source_id = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
     title = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
-    url = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
+    url = models.URLField(blank=True, null=True)
     citation = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
     abstract = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)