diff --git a/crates/service/storyteller_web/src/http_server/endpoints/w2l/enqueue_upload_w2l_template.rs b/crates/service/storyteller_web/src/http_server/endpoints/w2l/enqueue_upload_w2l_template.rs
index 9d1bb2896b..a516a857f0 100644
--- a/crates/service/storyteller_web/src/http_server/endpoints/w2l/enqueue_upload_w2l_template.rs
+++ b/crates/service/storyteller_web/src/http_server/endpoints/w2l/enqueue_upload_w2l_template.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ pub async fn upload_w2l_template_handler(
     return Err(UploadW2lTemplateError::BadInput(reason));
   }
 
-  if is_bad_video_download_url(&request.download_url) {
+  if is_bad_video_download_url(&request.download_url).unwrap_or(true) {
     return Err(UploadW2lTemplateError::BadInput("url is invalid".to_string()));
   }
 
diff --git a/crates/service/w2l_download_job/src/main.rs b/crates/service/w2l_download_job/src/main.rs
index 55aa656ead..45c3a594c9 100644
--- a/crates/service/w2l_download_job/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/service/w2l_download_job/src/main.rs
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ async fn process_job(downloader: &Downloader, job: &W2lTemplateUploadJobRecord)
       .map(|c| c.to_string())
       .unwrap_or("".to_string());
 
-  if is_bad_video_download_url(&download_url) {
+  if is_bad_video_download_url(&download_url).unwrap_or(true) {
     warn!("Download URL is invalid: {}", download_url);
 
     mark_w2l_template_upload_job_permanently_dead(