diff --git a/src/controllers/frontend.ts b/src/controllers/frontend.ts
index 726cadfc..75d09627 100644
--- a/src/controllers/frontend.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/frontend.ts
@@ -37,18 +37,26 @@ async function buildTemplateOpts(params: PathParams, url: string): Promise<OpenG
     if (params.acct && !params.statusId) {
       const key = /^[a-f0-9]{64}$/.test(params.acct) ? 'pubkey' : 'handle';
       console.log(key);
-      const profile = await fetchProfile({ [key]: params.acct });
-      const handle = await getHandle(params.acct, profile);
+      let handle = '';
+      try {
+        const profile = await fetchProfile({ [key]: params.acct });
+        handle = await getHandle(params.acct, profile);
+        res.description = profile.meta.about || `@${handle}'s Nostr profile`;
+        if (profile.meta.picture) {
+          res.image = { url: profile.meta.picture, h: 150, w: 150 };
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.debug(e);
+        // @ts-ignore we don't want getHandle trying to do a lookup here
+        // but we do want it to give us a nice pretty npub
+        handle = await getHandle(params.acct, {});
+        res.description = `@${handle}'s Nostr profile`;
+      }
 
       Object.assign(res, {
         type: 'profile',
         title: `View @${handle}'s profile on Ditto`,
-        description: profile.meta.about || `@${handle}'s Nostr profile`,
       });
-
-      if (profile.meta.picture) {
-        Object.assign(res, { image: { url: profile.meta.picture, h: 150, w: 150 } });
-      }
     } else if (params.statusId) {
       const { description, image, title } = await getStatusInfo(params.statusId);
       Object.assign(res, { description, title });
@@ -63,11 +71,14 @@ async function buildTemplateOpts(params: PathParams, url: string): Promise<OpenG
   return res;
 }
 
+const SHOULD_INJECT_RE = new RegExp(Conf.opengraphRouteRegex, 'i');
+
 export const frontendController: AppMiddleware = async (c, next) => {
   try {
     const content = await Deno.readTextFile(new URL('../../public/index.html', import.meta.url));
-    const shouldInject = new RegExp(Conf.opengraphRouteRegex, 'i');
-    if (!shouldInject) {
+    const ua = c.req.header('User-Agent');
+    console.debug('got ua', ua);
+    if (!SHOULD_INJECT_RE.test(ua || '')) {
       return c.html(content);
     }
     if (content.includes(META_PLACEHOLDER)) {
diff --git a/src/utils/og-metadata.ts b/src/utils/og-metadata.ts
index 88097f2e..62717113 100644
--- a/src/utils/og-metadata.ts
+++ b/src/utils/og-metadata.ts
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ export async function getHandle(id: string, acc?: ProfileInfo) {
     const fallback = nip19.npubEncode(pubkey).slice(0, 8);
     try {
       const author = acc || await fetchProfile({ pubkey });
-      if (author.meta.nip05) return parseNip05(author.meta.nip05).handle;
-      else if (author.meta.name) return author.meta.name;
+      if (author?.meta?.nip05) return parseNip05(author.meta.nip05).handle;
+      else if (author?.meta?.name) return author.meta.name;
     } catch (e) {
       console.debug('Error in getHandle: ', e);
     }