diff --git a/src/api/bluesky_api.ts b/src/api/bluesky_api.ts
index 8d4fcdb..33e4149 100644
--- a/src/api/bluesky_api.ts
+++ b/src/api/bluesky_api.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { APIError, Minisky, type FetchAllOnPageLoad, type MiniskyConfig, type Mi
 import { atURI, feedPostTime } from '../utils.js';
 import { Post } from '../models/posts.js';
 import { parseBlueskyPostURL } from '../router.js';
+import { pdsEndpointForDID } from './identity.js';
 
 export { APIError };
 
@@ -156,7 +157,14 @@ export class BlueskyAPI extends Minisky {
   }
 
   async loadMiniDocWithStatus(did: string): Promise<json> {
-    let doc = await slingshotAPI.getRequest("blue.microcosm.identity.resolveMiniDoc", { identifier: did });
+    let doc: json;
+
+    try {
+      doc = await slingshotAPI.getRequest("blue.microcosm.identity.resolveMiniDoc", { identifier: did });
+    } catch (error) {
+      let pds = await pdsEndpointForDID(did);
+      doc = { did, pds };
+    }
 
     try {
       let pds = new Minisky(doc.pds);
diff --git a/src/components/posts/HiddenRepliesLink.svelte b/src/components/posts/HiddenRepliesLink.svelte
index 7abbd23..465d220 100644
--- a/src/components/posts/HiddenRepliesLink.svelte
+++ b/src/components/posts/HiddenRepliesLink.svelte
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@
       }
 
       let unavailableURIs = missingReplyURIs.filter(x => !replies.find(r => r.uri == x));
-      let unavailablePromises = unavailableURIs.map(uri => api.loadMiniDocWithStatus(atURI(uri).repo));
+      let unavailablePromises = unavailableURIs.map(uri => {
+        let did = atURI(uri).repo;
+        return api.loadMiniDocWithStatus(did).catch(() => ({ did }));
+      });
+
       let unavailableResponses = await Promise.all(unavailablePromises);
 
       loading = false;
diff --git a/src/components/posts/PostComponent.svelte b/src/components/posts/PostComponent.svelte
index cb051ba..e95ebd7 100644
--- a/src/components/posts/PostComponent.svelte
+++ b/src/components/posts/PostComponent.svelte
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@
 
         <ul class="missing-replies-links">
           {#each missingHiddenReplies as [uri, data]}
-            <li>&ndash; from <a href="https://pdsls.dev/{uri}" target="_blank">@{data.handle}</a>
+            <li>&ndash; from
+              <a href="https://pdsls.dev/{uri}" target="_blank">{data.handle ? `@${data.handle}` : data.did}</a>
               ({missingReplyStatus(data)})</li>
           {/each}
         </ul>