diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f439bb23..c78020868 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ changes.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- proposal/list no longer throws 500 error when proposal's url is incorrect [Issue 1073](https://github.com/IntersectMBO/govtool/issues/1073)
 - drep/list sql fix (now the drep type is correct) [Issue 957](https://github.com/IntersectMBO/govtool/issues/957)
 - drep/list sql fix (now the latest tx date is correct) [Issue 826](https://github.com/IntersectMBO/govtool/issues/826)
 - drep/info no longer returns null values [Issue 720](https://github.com/IntersectMBO/govtool/issues/720)
diff --git a/govtool/backend/src/VVA/API.hs b/govtool/backend/src/VVA/API.hs
index d860fd391..6067000cc 100644
--- a/govtool/backend/src/VVA/API.hs
+++ b/govtool/backend/src/VVA/API.hs
@@ -407,5 +407,7 @@ validateMetadata MetadataValidationParams {..} = do
       $ Metadata.validateMetadata metadataValidationParamsUrl (unHexText metadataValidationParamsHash)
 
   case fromJSON result of
-    Error e -> throwError $ InternalError $ pack $ show e
-    Success a -> return a
+    Error e -> return $ MetadataValidationResponse Nothing False (AnyValue $ Just result)
+    Success (InternalMetadataValidationResponse {..}) -> return $ MetadataValidationResponse {metadataValidationResponseStatus=internalMetadataValidationResponseStatus, metadataValidationResponseValid=internalMmetadataValidationResponseValid, metadataValidationResponseRaw=AnyValue $ Just result}
+
+
diff --git a/govtool/backend/src/VVA/API/Types.hs b/govtool/backend/src/VVA/API/Types.hs
index 6eebd5d7c..760b24857 100644
--- a/govtool/backend/src/VVA/API/Types.hs
+++ b/govtool/backend/src/VVA/API/Types.hs
@@ -140,10 +140,36 @@ instance ToSchema MetadataValidationStatus where
         & description ?~ "Metadata Validation Status"
         & enum_ ?~ map toJSON [IncorrectFormat, IncorrectJSONLD, IncorrectHash, UrlNotFound]
 
+
+
+data InternalMetadataValidationResponse
+  = InternalMetadataValidationResponse
+      { internalMetadataValidationResponseStatus :: Maybe MetadataValidationStatus
+      , internalMmetadataValidationResponseValid :: Bool
+      }
+  deriving (Generic, Show)
+
+deriveJSON (jsonOptions "internalMetadataValidationResponse") ''InternalMetadataValidationResponse
+
+instance ToSchema InternalMetadataValidationResponse where
+    declareNamedSchema _ = do
+      NamedSchema name_ schema_ <-
+        genericDeclareNamedSchema
+        ( fromAesonOptions $ jsonOptions "internalMetadataValidationResponse" )
+        (Proxy :: Proxy InternalMetadataValidationResponse)
+      return $
+        NamedSchema name_ $
+          schema_
+            & description ?~ "Metadata Validation Response"
+            & example
+              ?~ toJSON ("{\"status\": \"INCORRECT_FORMTAT\", \"valid\":false, \"raw\":{\"some\":\"key\"}}" :: Text)
+
+
 data MetadataValidationResponse
   = MetadataValidationResponse
       { metadataValidationResponseStatus :: Maybe MetadataValidationStatus
       , metadataValidationResponseValid :: Bool
+      , metadataValidationResponseRaw :: AnyValue
       }
   deriving (Generic, Show)