diff --git a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
index 58b93b4..473dd63 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ const updateCredentialsController: AppController = async (c) => {
   }
 
   const author = await getAuthor(pubkey);
-  const meta = author ? n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).parse(author.content) : {};
+  const meta = author ? n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).catch({}).parse(author.content) : {};
 
   const {
     avatar: avatarFile,
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/instance.ts b/src/controllers/api/instance.ts
index ac9810e..188d68f 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/instance.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/instance.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const instanceController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const { signal } = c.req.raw;
 
   const [event] = await Storages.db.query([{ kinds: [0], authors: [Conf.pubkey], limit: 1 }], { signal });
-  const meta = n.json().pipe(serverMetaSchema).parse(event?.content);
+  const meta = n.json().pipe(serverMetaSchema).catch({}).parse(event?.content);
 
   /** Protocol to use for WebSocket URLs, depending on the protocol of the `LOCAL_DOMAIN`. */
   const wsProtocol = protocol === 'http:' ? 'ws:' : 'wss:';
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
index 8421900..56ea38b 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ const zapController: AppController = async (c) => {
 
   const target = await getEvent(id, { kind: 1, relations: ['author', 'event_stats', 'author_stats'], signal });
   const author = target?.author;
-  const meta = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).parse(author?.content);
+  const meta = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).catch({}).parse(author?.content);
   const lnurl = getLnurl(meta);
 
   if (target && lnurl) {
diff --git a/src/controllers/nostr/relay-info.ts b/src/controllers/nostr/relay-info.ts
index f42c8df..a56df51 100644
--- a/src/controllers/nostr/relay-info.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/nostr/relay-info.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
 const relayInfoController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const { signal } = c.req.raw;
   const [event] = await Storages.db.query([{ kinds: [0], authors: [Conf.pubkey], limit: 1 }], { signal });
-  const meta = n.json().pipe(serverMetaSchema).parse(event?.content);
+  const meta = n.json().pipe(serverMetaSchema).catch({}).parse(event?.content);
 
   return c.json({
     name: meta.name ?? 'Ditto',
diff --git a/src/pipeline.ts b/src/pipeline.ts
index 16876f2..b193617 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipeline.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ async function parseMetadata(event: NostrEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<vo
   if (event.kind !== 0) return;
 
   // Parse metadata.
-  const metadata = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).safeParse(event.content);
+  const metadata = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).catch({}).safeParse(event.content);
   if (!metadata.success) return;
 
   // Get nip05.
diff --git a/src/storages/events-db.ts b/src/storages/events-db.ts
index d0253f9..ba34b3c 100644
--- a/src/storages/events-db.ts
+++ b/src/storages/events-db.ts
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ function buildSearchContent(event: NostrEvent): string {
 
 /** Build search content for a user. */
 function buildUserSearchContent(event: NostrEvent): string {
-  const { name, nip05, about } = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).parse(event.content);
+  const { name, nip05, about } = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).catch({}).parse(event.content);
   return [name, nip05, about].filter(Boolean).join('\n');
 }
 
diff --git a/src/views/activitypub/actor.ts b/src/views/activitypub/actor.ts
index e5d26d2..cfd40ba 100644
--- a/src/views/activitypub/actor.ts
+++ b/src/views/activitypub/actor.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import type { Actor } from '@/schemas/activitypub.ts';
 
 /** Nostr metadata event to ActivityPub actor. */
 async function renderActor(event: NostrEvent, username: string): Promise<Actor | undefined> {
-  const content = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).parse(event.content);
+  const content = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).catch({}).parse(event.content);
 
   return {
     type: 'Person',
diff --git a/src/views/mastodon/accounts.ts b/src/views/mastodon/accounts.ts
index 50458bf..e00856e 100644
--- a/src/views/mastodon/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/views/mastodon/accounts.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async function renderAccount(
     about,
     lud06,
     lud16,
-  } = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).parse(event.content);
+  } = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).catch({}).parse(event.content);
 
   const npub = nip19.npubEncode(pubkey);
   const parsed05 = await parseAndVerifyNip05(nip05, pubkey);