diff --git a/app/models/incoming_link.rb b/app/models/incoming_link.rb
index ba996f337..42b6f6a65 100644
--- a/app/models/incoming_link.rb
+++ b/app/models/incoming_link.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ class IncomingLink < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :user
 
   validates :url, presence: true
-
   validate :referer_valid
 
   before_validation :extract_domain
@@ -51,6 +50,7 @@ class IncomingLink < ActiveRecord::Base
       parsed = URI.parse(url)
 
       begin
+        # TODO achieve same thing with no exception
         params = Rails.application.routes.recognize_path(parsed.path)
         self.topic_id = params[:topic_id]
         self.post_number = params[:post_number]
diff --git a/spec/models/incoming_link_spec.rb b/spec/models/incoming_link_spec.rb
index 16066d636..a6cf4c6b3 100644
--- a/spec/models/incoming_link_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/incoming_link_spec.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ describe IncomingLink do
       TestRequest.new(env)
     end
 
+    it "does not explode with bad referer" do
+      IncomingLink.add(req('http://sam.com','file:///Applications/Install/75067ABC-C9D1-47B7-8ACE-76AEDE3911B2/Install/'))
+    end
+
     it "does nothing if referer is empty" do
       IncomingLink.expects(:create).never
       IncomingLink.add(req('http://somesite.com'))