diff --git a/appview/repo/blob.go b/appview/repo/blob.go
--- a/appview/repo/blob.go
+++ b/appview/repo/blob.go
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ SizeHint:     uint64(max(blobResp.ContentLength, 0)),
 			}, nil
 		}
 
+		// skip large blobs
+		if blobResp.ContentLength > maxBlobSize || blobResp.ContentLength < 0 {
+			l.Error("large blob:", "ContentLength", blobResp.ContentLength, "maxBlobSize", maxBlobSize)
+		}
+
 		content, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(blobResp.Body, maxBlobSize+1))
 		if err != nil {
 			return models.BlobView{}, err