diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/MergedFfmpegHlsDownload.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/MergedFfmpegHlsDownload.java
index 27e1c242..da63dd00 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/MergedFfmpegHlsDownload.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/download/hls/MergedFfmpegHlsDownload.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -229,6 +230,9 @@ public class MergedFfmpegHlsDownload extends AbstractHlsDownload {
                     LOG.info("Unexpected error while downloading {}", model, e);
                 }
                 running = false;
+            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+                LOG.info("Malformed URL {} - {}", model, segmentPlaylistUri, e);
+                running = false;
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 LOG.info("Unexpected error while downloading {}", model, e);
                 running = false;