diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/play/checker/_components/checker-form.tsx b/apps/web/src/app/play/checker/_components/checker-form.tsx
index b210ddba0..443a09307 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/play/checker/_components/checker-form.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/play/checker/_components/checker-form.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import {
   type RegionChecker,
   is32CharHex,
   latencyFormatter,
+  regionCheckerSchema,
   regionFormatter,
 } from "@/components/ping-response-analysis/utils";
 import useUpdateSearchParams from "@/hooks/use-update-search-params";
@@ -168,12 +169,14 @@ export function CheckerForm({ defaultValues, defaultData }: CheckerFormProps) {
                           });
                         }
                       } else {
-                        const parsed = JSON.parse(item) as RegionChecker;
-                        return parsed;
+                        const parsed = JSON.parse(item);
+                        const validation =
+                          regionCheckerSchema.safeParse(parsed);
+                        if (!validation.success) return null;
+                        return validation.data;
                       }
                       return null;
-                    } catch (e) {
-                      console.error(e);
+                    } catch (_e) {
                       return null;
                     }
                   })
@@ -195,8 +198,7 @@ export function CheckerForm({ defaultValues, defaultData }: CheckerFormProps) {
                 }
               }
             }
-          } catch (e) {
-            console.log(e);
+          } catch (_e) {
             const searchParams = updateSearchParams({ id: null });
             router.replace(`${pathname}?${searchParams}`);
             toast.error("Something went wrong", {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ping-response-analysis/utils.ts b/apps/web/src/components/ping-response-analysis/utils.ts
index 4c1cd7e54..a9a83dd29 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ping-response-analysis/utils.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ping-response-analysis/utils.ts
@@ -115,9 +115,13 @@ export const cachedCheckerSchema = z.object({
   checks: checkerSchema.extend({ region: monitorFlyRegionSchema }).array(),
 });
 
+export const regionCheckerSchema = checkerSchema.extend({
+  region: monitorFlyRegionSchema,
+});
+
 export type Timing = z.infer<typeof timingSchema>;
 export type Checker = z.infer<typeof checkerSchema>;
-export type RegionChecker = Checker & { region: MonitorFlyRegion };
+export type RegionChecker = z.infer<typeof regionCheckerSchema>;
 export type Method = "GET" | "POST" | "PUT" | "DELETE" | "HEAD";
 export type CachedRegionChecker = z.infer<typeof cachedCheckerSchema>;