diff --git a/lib/pleroma/html.ex b/lib/pleroma/html.ex
index fb602d6b6..bf5daa948 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/html.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/html.ex
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def extract_first_external_url(object, content) do
         |> Floki.attribute("a", "href")
         |> Enum.at(0)
 
-      {:commit, result}
+      {:commit, {:ok, result}}
     end)
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/rich_media/helpers.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/rich_media/helpers.ex
index 91c27f9e0..71fdddef9 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/rich_media/helpers.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/rich_media/helpers.ex
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.RichMedia.Helpers do
 
   def fetch_data_for_activity(%Activity{} = activity) do
     with %Object{} = object <- Object.normalize(activity.data["object"]),
-         page_url <- HTML.extract_first_external_url(object, object.data["content"]),
+         {:ok, page_url} <- HTML.extract_first_external_url(object, object.data["content"]),
          {:ok, rich_media} <- Parser.parse(page_url) do
       %{page_url: page_url, rich_media: rich_media}
     else