diff --git a/app/Helper/LinkAce.php b/app/Helper/LinkAce.php
index 56837131..4ed52797 100644
--- a/app/Helper/LinkAce.php
+++ b/app/Helper/LinkAce.php
@@ -12,20 +12,26 @@ class LinkAce
     /**
      * Get the title of an HTML page b
      * @param string $url
-     * @return null|string|string[]
+     * @return string|string[]
      */
     public static function getTitleFromURL(string $url)
     {
-        $fp = file_get_contents($url);
+        $fail_return = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST);
+
+        try {
+            $fp = file_get_contents($url);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            return $fail_return;
+        }
 
         if (!$fp) {
-            return null;
+            return $fail_return;
         }
 
         $res = preg_match("/<title>(.*)<\/title>/siU", $fp, $title_matches);
 
         if (!$res) {
-            return null;
+            return $fail_return;
         }
 
         // Clean up title: remove EOL's and excessive whitespace.