diff --git a/components/LinkCard.tsx b/components/LinkCard.tsx
index a3c2d724..748cb2b0 100644
--- a/components/LinkCard.tsx
+++ b/components/LinkCard.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import useModalStore from "@/store/modals";
 import { faCalendarDays } from "@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons";
 import usePermissions from "@/hooks/usePermissions";
 import { toast } from "react-hot-toast";
-import isValidUrl from "@/lib/client/isValidUrl";
+import isValidUrl from "@/lib/shared/isValidUrl";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import unescapeString from "@/lib/client/unescapeString";
 import { useRouter } from "next/router";
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export default function LinkCard({ link, count, className }: Props) {
   let shortendURL;
 
   try {
-    shortendURL = new URL(link.url).host.toLowerCase();
+    shortendURL = new URL(link.url || "").host.toLowerCase();
   } catch (error) {
     console.log(error);
   }
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ export default function LinkCard({ link, count, className }: Props) {
     setExpandDropdown(false);
   };
 
-  const url = isValidUrl(link.url) ? new URL(link.url) : undefined;
+  const url =
+    isValidUrl(link.url || "") && link.url ? new URL(link.url) : undefined;
 
   const formattedDate = new Date(link.createdAt as string).toLocaleString(
     "en-US",
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ export default function LinkCard({ link, count, className }: Props) {
               ) : undefined} */}
 
               <Link
-                href={link.url}
+                href={link.url || ""}
                 target="_blank"
                 onClick={(e) => {
                   e.stopPropagation();
diff --git a/components/LinkPreview.tsx b/components/LinkPreview.tsx
index c81e46e2..c07600ee 100644
--- a/components/LinkPreview.tsx
+++ b/components/LinkPreview.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { faFolder, faLink } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import Image from "next/image";
 import { faCalendarDays } from "@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons";
-import isValidUrl from "@/lib/client/isValidUrl";
+import isValidUrl from "@/lib/shared/isValidUrl";
 import A from "next/link";
 import unescapeString from "@/lib/client/unescapeString";
 import { Link } from "@prisma/client";
diff --git a/components/Modal/Link/AddOrEditLink.tsx b/components/Modal/Link/AddOrEditLink.tsx
index 79f69793..207c2b9e 100644
--- a/components/Modal/Link/AddOrEditLink.tsx
+++ b/components/Modal/Link/AddOrEditLink.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export default function AddOrEditLink({
     activeLink || {
       name: "",
       url: "",
+      type: "",
       description: "",
       tags: [],
       screenshotPath: "",
@@ -139,10 +140,10 @@ export default function AddOrEditLink({
       {method === "UPDATE" ? (
         <div
           className="text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-300 break-all w-full flex gap-2"
-          title={link.url}
+          title={link.url || ""}
         >
           <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faLink} className="w-6 h-6" />
-          <Link href={link.url} target="_blank" className="w-full">
+          <Link href={link.url || ""} target="_blank" className="w-full">
             {link.url}
           </Link>
         </div>
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ export default function AddOrEditLink({
           <div className="sm:col-span-3 col-span-5">
             <p className="text-black dark:text-white mb-2">Address (URL)</p>
             <TextInput
-              value={link.url}
+              value={link.url || ""}
               onChange={(e) => setLink({ ...link, url: e.target.value })}
               placeholder="e.g. http://example.com/"
             />
diff --git a/components/PublicPage/PublicLinkCard.tsx b/components/PublicPage/PublicLinkCard.tsx
index b31190ed..eeb03baf 100644
--- a/components/PublicPage/PublicLinkCard.tsx
+++ b/components/PublicPage/PublicLinkCard.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { faChevronRight } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import Image from "next/image";
 import { Link as LinkType, Tag } from "@prisma/client";
-import isValidUrl from "@/lib/client/isValidUrl";
+import isValidUrl from "@/lib/shared/isValidUrl";
 import unescapeString from "@/lib/client/unescapeString";
 import { TagIncludingLinkCount } from "@/types/global";
 import Link from "next/link";
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type Props = {
 };
 
 export default function LinkCard({ link, count }: Props) {
-  const url = isValidUrl(link.url) ? new URL(link.url) : undefined;
+  const url = link.url && isValidUrl(link.url) ? new URL(link.url) : undefined;
 
   const formattedDate = new Date(
     link.createdAt as unknown as string
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ export default function LinkCard({ link, count }: Props) {
             <p>{formattedDate}</p>
             <p>·</p>
             <Link
-              href={url ? url.href : link.url}
+              href={url ? url.href : link.url || ""}
               target="_blank"
               className="hover:opacity-50 duration-100 truncate w-52 sm:w-fit"
-              title={url ? url.href : link.url}
+              title={url ? url.href : link.url || ""}
             >
               {url ? url.host : link.url}
             </Link>
diff --git a/lib/client/isValidUrl.ts b/lib/shared/isValidUrl.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/client/isValidUrl.ts
rename to lib/shared/isValidUrl.ts
diff --git a/pages/api/v1/links/[id]/archive/index.ts b/pages/api/v1/links/[id]/archive/index.ts
index 1fce3ff1..6c82aede 100644
--- a/pages/api/v1/links/[id]/archive/index.ts
+++ b/pages/api/v1/links/[id]/archive/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from "next";
 import urlHandler from "@/lib/api/urlHandler";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/api/db";
 import verifyUser from "@/lib/api/verifyUser";
+import isValidUrl from "@/lib/shared/isValidUrl";
 
 const RE_ARCHIVE_LIMIT = Number(process.env.RE_ARCHIVE_LIMIT) || 5;
 
@@ -41,7 +42,13 @@ export default async function links(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
         } minutes or create a new one.`,
       });
 
-    urlHandler(link.id, link.url, user.id);
+    if (link.url && isValidUrl(link.url)) {
+      urlHandler(link.id, link.url, user.id);
+      return res.status(200).json({
+        response: "Link is not a webpage to be archived.",
+      });
+    }
+
     return res.status(200).json({
       response: "Link is being archived.",
     });
diff --git a/pages/links/[id].tsx b/pages/links/[id].tsx
index a28b45d2..5ab22069 100644
--- a/pages/links/[id].tsx
+++ b/pages/links/[id].tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import Image from "next/image";
 import ColorThief, { RGBColor } from "colorthief";
 import { useTheme } from "next-themes";
 import unescapeString from "@/lib/client/unescapeString";
-import isValidUrl from "@/lib/client/isValidUrl";
+import isValidUrl from "@/lib/shared/isValidUrl";
 import DOMPurify from "dompurify";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { faBoxesStacked, faFolder } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
diff --git a/pages/public/links/[id].tsx b/pages/public/links/[id].tsx
index 15aec435..5f774a69 100644
--- a/pages/public/links/[id].tsx
+++ b/pages/public/links/[id].tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import Image from "next/image";
 import ColorThief, { RGBColor } from "colorthief";
 import { useTheme } from "next-themes";
 import unescapeString from "@/lib/client/unescapeString";
-import isValidUrl from "@/lib/client/isValidUrl";
+import isValidUrl from "@/lib/shared/isValidUrl";
 import DOMPurify from "dompurify";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { faBoxesStacked, faFolder } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";