diff --git a/lnbits/core/views/api.py b/lnbits/core/views/api.py
index 07655087..20583d77 100644
--- a/lnbits/core/views/api.py
+++ b/lnbits/core/views/api.py
@@ -130,14 +130,20 @@ async def api_lnurlscan(
         headers = {"User-Agent": settings.user_agent}
         async with httpx.AsyncClient(headers=headers, follow_redirects=True) as client:
             check_callback_url(url)
-            r = await client.get(url, timeout=5)
-            r.raise_for_status()
-            if r.is_error:
+            try:
+                r = await client.get(url, timeout=5)
+                r.raise_for_status()
+            except httpx.HTTPStatusError as exc:
+                if exc.response.status_code == 404:
+                    raise HTTPException(HTTPStatus.NOT_FOUND, "Not found") from exc
+
                 raise HTTPException(
                     status_code=HTTPStatus.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
-                    detail={"domain": domain, "message": "failed to get parameters"},
-                )
-
+                    detail={
+                        "domain": domain,
+                        "message": "failed to get parameters",
+                    },
+                ) from exc
         try:
             data = json.loads(r.text)
         except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as exc:
diff --git a/lnbits/static/js/wallet.js b/lnbits/static/js/wallet.js
index 9d38ab7b..0bbe6974 100644
--- a/lnbits/static/js/wallet.js
+++ b/lnbits/static/js/wallet.js
@@ -338,9 +338,6 @@ window.WalletPageLogic = {
           '/api/v1/lnurlscan/' + this.parse.data.request,
           this.g.wallet.adminkey
         )
-        .catch(err => {
-          LNbits.utils.notifyApiError(err)
-        })
         .then(response => {
           const data = response.data
 
@@ -378,6 +375,9 @@ window.WalletPageLogic = {
             }
           }
         })
+        .catch(err => {
+          LNbits.utils.notifyApiError(err)
+        })
     },
     decodeQR(res) {
       this.parse.data.request = res[0].rawValue