diff --git a/src/app/[feedId]/feed/route.ts b/src/app/[feedId]/feed/route.ts
index cc3cb6a..3aa3f0d 100644
--- a/src/app/[feedId]/feed/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/[feedId]/feed/route.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ const GET = async (request: Request, { params }: { params: { feedId: string } })
       host && request.url ? new URL(`http://${host}${request.url}`).searchParams : undefined;
 
     const modConfig = await decompressModConfig(feedId);
+    if (!modConfig) {
+      return new NextResponse("Bad Request - Invalid feed parameter in URL", { status: 400 });
+    }
+
     const feedData = await fetchFeedData(modConfig.sources, searchParams);
     if (!feedData) throw "Could not find feed data for sources";
 
diff --git a/src/services/compressionService.ts b/src/services/compressionService.ts
index b05054a..b8e352d 100644
--- a/src/services/compressionService.ts
+++ b/src/services/compressionService.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,11 @@ const compressModConfig = async (modConfig: ModConfig): Promise<string> => {
   return Buffer.from(compressedText).toString("hex");
 };
 
-const decompressModConfig = async (compressedText: string): Promise<ModConfig> => {
-  const decompressedText = await decompress(Buffer.from(compressedText, "hex"));
-  const rawModConfig = JSON.parse(Buffer.from(decompressedText).toString()) as unknown;
-  const modConfig = modConfigSchema.safeParse(rawModConfig);
-
-  if (!modConfig.success) throw `Error - Invalid configuration - ${modConfig.error.message}`;
-
-  return modConfig.data;
-};
+const decompressModConfig = async (compressedText: string): Promise<ModConfig | undefined> =>
+  decompress(Buffer.from(compressedText, "hex"))
+    .then((decompressedText) => Buffer.from(decompressedText).toString())
+    .then(JSON.parse)
+    .then((data) => modConfigSchema.parse(data))
+    .catch(() => undefined);
 
 export { compressModConfig, decompressModConfig };