diff --git a/src/views/record.tsx b/src/views/record.tsx
index bc4b404..7b66da7 100644
--- a/src/views/record.tsx
+++ b/src/views/record.tsx
@@ -75,9 +75,13 @@ const RecordView = () => {
       setValidRecord(false);
     }
     if (localStorage.backlinks === "true") {
-      const backlinkTarget = `at://${did}/${params.collection}/${params.rkey}`;
-      const backlinks = await getAllBacklinks(backlinkTarget);
-      setBacklinks({ links: backlinks.links, target: backlinkTarget });
+      try {
+        const backlinkTarget = `at://${did}/${params.collection}/${params.rkey}`;
+        const backlinks = await getAllBacklinks(backlinkTarget);
+        setBacklinks({ links: backlinks.links, target: backlinkTarget });
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error(e);
+      }
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/src/views/repo.tsx b/src/views/repo.tsx
index 589afb5..8e97041 100644
--- a/src/views/repo.tsx
+++ b/src/views/repo.tsx
@@ -34,8 +34,12 @@ const RepoView = () => {
     const res = await describeRepo(did);
     setDidDoc(didDocCache[did]);
     if (localStorage.backlinks === "true") {
-      const backlinks = await getAllBacklinks(did);
-      setBacklinks({ links: backlinks.links, target: did });
+      try {
+        const backlinks = await getAllBacklinks(did);
+        setBacklinks({ links: backlinks.links, target: did });
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error(e);
+      }
     }
     return res.data;
   };