diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
index 120dedc95..98dd23e3f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
@@ -193,9 +193,18 @@ export const subscribeResolver = authorized<
       },
     })
 
+    // validate rss feed
+    const feed = await parseFeed(input.url)
+    if (!feed) {
+      return {
+        errorCodes: [SubscribeErrorCode.NotFound],
+      }
+    }
+    const feedUrl = feed.url
+
     // find existing subscription
     const existingSubscription = await getRepository(Subscription).findOneBy({
-      url: input.url,
+      url: feedUrl,
       user: { id: uid },
       type: SubscriptionType.Rss,
     })
@@ -218,7 +227,7 @@ export const subscribeResolver = authorized<
       // create a cloud task to fetch rss feed item for resub subscription
       await enqueueRssFeedFetch({
         userIds: [uid],
-        url: input.url,
+        url: feedUrl,
         subscriptionIds: [updatedSubscription.id],
         scheduledDates: [new Date()], // fetch immediately
         fetchedDates: [updatedSubscription.lastFetchedAt || null],
@@ -234,13 +243,6 @@ export const subscribeResolver = authorized<
 
     // create new rss subscription
     const MAX_RSS_SUBSCRIPTIONS = env.subscription.feed.max
-    // validate rss feed
-    const feed = await parseFeed(input.url)
-    if (!feed) {
-      return {
-        errorCodes: [SubscribeErrorCode.NotFound],
-      }
-    }
 
     // limit number of rss subscriptions to max
     const results = (await getRepository(Subscription).query(
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ export const subscribeResolver = authorized<
           returning *;`,
       [
         feed.title,
-        feed.url,
+        feedUrl,
         feed.description,
         SubscriptionType.Rss,
         uid,
@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@ export const subscribeResolver = authorized<
     // create a cloud task to fetch rss feed item for the new subscription
     await enqueueRssFeedFetch({
       userIds: [uid],
-      url: feed.url,
+      url: feedUrl,
       subscriptionIds: [newSubscription.id],
       scheduledDates: [new Date()], // fetch immediately
       fetchedDates: [null],