diff --git a/src/app/components/IdentityProviderWizard/Wizards/Providers/Generic/OIDC/index.tsx b/src/app/components/IdentityProviderWizard/Wizards/Providers/Generic/OIDC/index.tsx
index 7f64b14b..4a580feb 100644
--- a/src/app/components/IdentityProviderWizard/Wizards/Providers/Generic/OIDC/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/IdentityProviderWizard/Wizards/Providers/Generic/OIDC/index.tsx
@@ -126,7 +126,12 @@ export const GenericOIDC: FC = () => {
         };
       }
     } catch (e) {
-      console.log(err);
+      console.log(e);
+      return {
+        status: API_STATUS.ERROR,
+        message:
+          "Configuration validation failed with OIDC. Check URL and try again.",
+      };
     }
 
     return {
@@ -253,9 +258,9 @@ export const GenericOIDC: FC = () => {
     };
 
     try {
-      await CreateIdp({createIdPUrl, payload, featureFlags});
+      await CreateIdp({ createIdPUrl, payload, featureFlags });
       // TODO emailAsUsername, Mapper?
-      
+
       setResults(`${idpCommonName} created successfully. Click finish.`);
       setStepIdReached(finishStep);
       setError(false);
diff --git a/src/app/components/IdentityProviderWizard/Wizards/components/forms/file.tsx b/src/app/components/IdentityProviderWizard/Wizards/components/forms/file.tsx
index 0075d1dd..bf01bc2a 100644
--- a/src/app/components/IdentityProviderWizard/Wizards/components/forms/file.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/IdentityProviderWizard/Wizards/components/forms/file.tsx
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export const MetadataFile: FC<Props> = ({
           browseButtonText="Select"
           onChange={(val) => setFieldValue("metadataFile", val)}
           dropzoneProps={{
-            accept: "text/xml",
+            accept: "text/xml, application/json",
           }}
           isLoading={isSubmitting}
           isDisabled={!formActive}
diff --git a/src/app/components/IdentityProviderWizard/Wizards/components/forms/url.tsx b/src/app/components/IdentityProviderWizard/Wizards/components/forms/url.tsx
index 191eb568..e5f5cc2e 100644
--- a/src/app/components/IdentityProviderWizard/Wizards/components/forms/url.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/IdentityProviderWizard/Wizards/components/forms/url.tsx
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ import {
   API_STATUS,
 } from "@app/configurations/api-status";
 
+const URL_REGEX =
+  /^(https?:\/\/)(localhost|([-\w]+\.)*\w+)(:\d+)?(\/[-\w@:%._\+~#=]+)*(\/[\w\/]*)*(\?.*)?(#.*)?$/;
+
 const UrlSchema = Yup.object().shape({
   url: Yup.string()
-    .url("Url should be a valid Url.")
-    .required("Url is a required field."),
+    .matches(URL_REGEX, "URL should be a valid URL.")
+    .required("URL is a required field."),
 });
 
 type Props = {