diff --git a/src/api.rs b/src/api.rs
index 15c6422..595974f 100644
--- a/src/api.rs
+++ b/src/api.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 /// Parse infohash from the source filepath,
-/// decode JSON to array on success
-pub fn infohashes(path: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<String>> {
+/// decode JSON to array on success, return None if the feed is damaged (incomplete)
+pub fn infohashes(path: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Vec<String>>> {
     if path.contains("://") {
         todo!("URL sources yet not supported")
     }
-    let mut f = std::fs::File::open(path)?;
-    let mut s = String::new();
-
-    use std::io::Read;
-    f.read_to_string(&mut s)?;
-
-    let r: Vec<String> = serde_json::from_str(&s)?;
-
+    let s = std::fs::read_to_string(path)?;
+    let r: Option<Vec<String>> = serde_json::from_str(&s).ok();
     Ok(r)
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e94f8f1..fee941f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,16 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
             // * aquatic server may update the stats at this moment, handle result manually
             match api::infohashes(source) {
                 Ok(infohashes) => {
-                    for i in infohashes {
+                    for i in match infohashes {
+                        Some(h) => h,
+                        None => {
+                            // skip without panic
+                            debug.error(&format!(
+                                "The feed `{source}` has an incomplete format (or is still updating); skip."
+                            ));
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    } {
                         // is already indexed?
                         if index.has(&i) {
                             continue;