diff --git a/library/ajax/view_torrent.php b/library/ajax/view_torrent.php
index faa8851a1..af3b5ef5d 100644
--- a/library/ajax/view_torrent.php
+++ b/library/ajax/view_torrent.php
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ if (!file_exists($filename) || !$file_contents = file_get_contents($filename)) {
     $this->ajax_die($lang['ERROR_NO_ATTACHMENT'] . "\n\n" . htmlCHR($filename));
 }
 
-if (!$tor = \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode::decode($file_contents, dictType: \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode\Collection::ARRAY)) {
+try {
+    $tor = \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode::decode($file_contents, dictType: \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode\Collection::ARRAY);
+}
+catch (Exception) {
     return $lang['TORFILE_INVALID'];
 }
 
diff --git a/library/includes/file_list_v2.php b/library/includes/file_list_v2.php
index 5f530fab4..240298c52 100644
--- a/library/includes/file_list_v2.php
+++ b/library/includes/file_list_v2.php
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ if ($bb_cfg['flist_max_files']) {
     }
 }
 
-if (!$torrent = \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode::decode($file_contents, dictType: \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode\Collection::ARRAY)) {
+try {
+    $torrent = \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode::decode($file_contents, dictType: \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode\Collection::ARRAY);
+}
+catch (Exception) {
     http_response_code(410);
     die($lang['TORFILE_INVALID']);
 }
diff --git a/src/Legacy/Torrent.php b/src/Legacy/Torrent.php
index ca48ab77a..dbbb8ec35 100644
--- a/src/Legacy/Torrent.php
+++ b/src/Legacy/Torrent.php
@@ -317,7 +317,10 @@ class Torrent
 
         $file_contents = file_get_contents($filename);
 
-        if (!$tor = \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode::decode($file_contents, dictType: \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode\Collection::ARRAY)) {
+        try {
+            $tor = \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode::decode($file_contents, dictType: \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode\Collection::ARRAY);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ) {
             self::torrent_error_exit($lang['TORFILE_INVALID']);
         }
 
@@ -559,7 +562,10 @@ class Torrent
 
         // Torrent decoding
         $file_contents = file_get_contents($filename);
-        if (!$tor = \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode::decode($file_contents, dictType: \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode\Collection::ARRAY)) {
+        try {
+            $tor = \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode::decode($file_contents, dictType: \Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode\Collection::ARRAY);
+        }
+        catch (Exception) {
             bb_die($lang['TORFILE_INVALID']);
         }