diff --git a/src/core/lib/Magic.mjs b/src/core/lib/Magic.mjs
index 3ff1821f..280d6d35 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/Magic.mjs
+++ b/src/core/lib/Magic.mjs
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class Magic {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Uses the checks to validate the input/output of potential operations.
+     * Uses the checks to validate the input//output of potential operations.
      *
      * @param {string} flag
      * @param {array} sensible
@@ -264,9 +264,13 @@ class Magic {
             const opConfig = {
                     op: op.op,
                     args: op.args
-                },
-                output = await this._runRecipe([opConfig]);
-
+                };
+                let output;
+                try {
+                    output = await this._runRecipe([opConfig]);
+                } catch(err) {
+                    return;
+                }
                 // If the recipe is repeating and returning the same data, do not continue
             if (prevOp && op.op === prevOp.op && _buffersEqual(output, this.inputBuffer)) {
                 return;
diff --git a/src/core/lib/MagicObject.mjs b/src/core/lib/MagicObject.mjs
index 0c605e76..587f29c3 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/MagicObject.mjs
+++ b/src/core/lib/MagicObject.mjs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 /**
- *
+ * A class to make the input/output validation checks easier to define.
  */
 class magicObject {
     /**
-     *
      * @param inRegexes
      * @param outRegexes
      */
diff --git a/src/core/operations/DefangURL.mjs b/src/core/operations/DefangURL.mjs
index aa783c32..658dc80a 100644
--- a/src/core/operations/DefangURL.mjs
+++ b/src/core/operations/DefangURL.mjs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import Operation from "../Operation.mjs";
 import {URL_REGEX, DOMAIN_REGEX} from "../lib/Extract.mjs";
+import magicObject from "../lib/MagicObject.mjs";
 
 /**
  * DefangURL operation
@@ -47,6 +48,48 @@ class DefangURL extends Operation {
                 value: ["Valid domains and full URLs", "Only full URLs", "Everything"]
             }
         ];
+        this.checks = new magicObject([
+            {
+                match: "^\\s*(https?|ftp)://(-\\.)?([^\\s/?\\.#-]+\\.?)+(/\\S*)?\\s*$",
+                flags: "i",
+                args: [false, false, false, "Everything"],
+            },
+            {
+                match: "^\\s*(https?|ftp)://(-\\.)?([^\\s/?\\.#-]+\\.?)+(/\\S*)?\\s*$",
+                flags: "i",
+                args: [true, false, false, "Everything"],
+            },
+            {
+                match: "^\\s*(https?|ftp)://(-\\.)?([^\\s/?\\.#-]+\\.?)+(/\\S*)?\\s*$",
+                flags: "i",
+                args: [false, true, false, "Everything"],
+            },
+            {
+                match: "^\\s*(https?|ftp)://(-\\.)?([^\\s/?\\.#-]+\\.?)+(/\\S*)?\\s*$",
+                flags: "i",
+                args: [true, true, false, "Everything"],
+            },
+            {
+                match: "^\\s*(https?|ftp)://(-\\.)?([^\\s/?\\.#-]+\\.?)+(/\\S*)?\\s*$",
+                flags: "i",
+                args: [false, false, true, "Everything"],
+            },
+            {
+                match: "^\\s*(https?|ftp)://(-\\.)?([^\\s/?\\.#-]+\\.?)+(/\\S*)?\\s*$",
+                flags: "i",
+                args: [true, false, true, "Everything"],
+            },
+            {
+                match: "^\\s*(https?|ftp)://(-\\.)?([^\\s/?\\.#-]+\\.?)+(/\\S*)?\\s*$",
+                flags: "i",
+                args: [false, true, true, "Everything"],
+            },
+            {
+                match: "^\\s*(https?|ftp)://(-\\.)?([^\\s/?\\.#-]+\\.?)+(/\\S*)?\\s*$",
+                flags: "i",
+                args: [true, true, true, "Everything"],
+            }
+        ]);
     }
 
     /**