diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/v1.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/v1.ts
index daa9bf43..484ab5dc 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/routes/v1.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/v1.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function idempotencyMiddleware(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction)
 }
 
 function blocklistMiddleware(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
-    if (req.body.url && isUrlBlocked(req.body.url)) {
+    if (typeof req.body.url === "string" && isUrlBlocked(req.body.url)) {
         if (!res.headersSent) {
             return res.status(403).json({ success: false, error: "URL is blocked. Firecrawl currently does not support social media scraping due to policy restrictions." });
         }