diff --git a/apps/web/components/modals/DatasetExternal.tsx b/apps/web/components/modals/DatasetExternal.tsx
index 9963675..443ba9c 100644
--- a/apps/web/components/modals/DatasetExternal.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/components/modals/DatasetExternal.tsx
@@ -448,7 +448,6 @@ const DatasetExternal: React.FC<DatasetExternalProps> = ({ open, onClose, projec
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 
   const handleNext = () => {
-    console.log(selectedDatasets);
     // STEP 0: Parse URL.
     if (activeStep === 0) {
       if (!externalUrl) return;
@@ -555,6 +554,7 @@ const DatasetExternal: React.FC<DatasetExternalProps> = ({ open, onClose, projec
           data_type: capabilities.type,
           url: externalUrl,
           other_properties: {
+            url: externalUrl,
             layers: [selectedDatasets[0].Name],
             srs: selectedDatasets[0].DefaultCRS,
           },
diff --git a/apps/web/lib/validations/layer.ts b/apps/web/lib/validations/layer.ts
index 8ef29bb..a180f5c 100644
--- a/apps/web/lib/validations/layer.ts
+++ b/apps/web/lib/validations/layer.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ export const layerMetadataSchema = contentMetadataSchema.extend({
 });
 
 export const otherPropertiesSchmea = z.object({
+  url: z.string().optional(), // metadata url
   layers: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
   srs: z.string().optional(),
   width: z.number().optional(), // width of the image (only for external imagery)
@@ -240,7 +241,6 @@ export const createLayerFromDatasetSchema = createLayerBaseSchema.extend({
 });
 
 export const externalDatasetFeatureUrlSchema = z.object({
-  url: z.string().url(),
   data_type: dataType,
   other_properties: otherPropertiesSchmea,
 });