diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts
index 860209bf4..dbb0a8ed5 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { PubsubClient } from '../datalayer/pubsub'
 import { DataModels } from '../resolvers/types'
 import { generateSlug, stringToHash, validatedDate } from '../utils/helpers'
 import {
-  parseMetadata,
+  parseUrlMetadata,
   parseOriginalContent,
   parsePreparedContent,
 } from '../utils/parser'
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export const saveEmail = async (
   const slug = generateSlug(title)
 
   const pageType = parseOriginalContent(url, input.originalContent)
-  const metadata = await parseMetadata(url)
+  const metadata = await parseUrlMetadata(url)
 
   const articleToSave = {
     originalHtml: input.originalContent,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
index 54080c4f6..d04451d4b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
@@ -352,12 +352,9 @@ type Metadata = {
   previewImage: string
 }
 
-export const parseMetadata = async (
-  url: string
-): Promise<Metadata | undefined> => {
+export const parsePageMetadata = async (html: string): Promise<Metadata | undefined> => {
   try {
-    const res = await axios.get(url)
-    const window = new JSDOM(res.data).window
+    const window = new JSDOM(html).window
 
     // get open graph metadata
     const description =
@@ -385,7 +382,19 @@ export const parseMetadata = async (
 
     return { title, author, description, previewImage }
   } catch (e) {
-    console.log('failed to got:', url, e)
+    console.log('failed to parse page:', html, e)
+    return undefined
+  }
+}
+
+export const parseUrlMetadata = async (
+  url: string
+): Promise<Metadata | undefined> => {
+  try {
+    const res = await axios.get(url)
+    return parsePageMetadata(res.data)
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log('failed to get:', url, e)
     return undefined
   }
 }