diff --git a/ghunt/helpers/utils.py b/ghunt/helpers/utils.py
index 28402d4e..f0a7ff62 100644
--- a/ghunt/helpers/utils.py
+++ b/ghunt/helpers/utils.py
@@ -48,22 +48,31 @@ def is_headers_syntax_good(headers: Dict[str, str]) -> bool:
     except:
         return False
 
-async def get_url_image_flathash(as_client: httpx.AsyncClient, image_url: str) -> str:
-    req = await as_client.get(image_url)
-    img = Image.open(BytesIO(req.content))
-    flathash = imagehash.average_hash(img)
-    return str(flathash)
+async def get_url_image_flathash(as_client: httpx.AsyncClient, image_url: str) -> Optional[str]:
+    try:
+        req = await as_client.get(image_url)
+        if req.status_code != 200 or not req.content:
+            return None  # Image could not be fetched
+
+        img = Image.open(BytesIO(req.content))
+        flathash = imagehash.average_hash(img)
+        return str(flathash)
+
+    except Exception:
+        return None  # Image processing failed
+
 
 async def is_default_profile_pic(as_client: httpx.AsyncClient, image_url: str) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
-    """
-        Returns a boolean which indicates if the image_url
-        is a default profile picture, and the flathash of
-        the image.
-    """
     flathash = await get_url_image_flathash(as_client, image_url)
-    if imagehash.hex_to_flathash(flathash, 8) - imagehash.hex_to_flathash("000018183c3c0000", 8) < 10 :
-        return True, str(flathash)
-    return False, str(flathash)
+
+    if flathash is None:
+        return False, ""  # Unable to process image
+
+    default_flathash = "000018183c3c0000"
+    if imagehash.hex_to_flathash(flathash, 8) - imagehash.hex_to_flathash(default_flathash, 8) < 10:
+        return True, flathash
+
+    return False, flathash
 
 def get_class_name(obj) -> str:
         return str(obj).strip("<>").split(" ")[0]
@@ -121,4 +130,4 @@ def unicode_patch(txt: str):
         "ç": "c",
         "à": "a"
     }
-    return txt.replace(''.join([*bad_chars.keys()]), ''.join([*bad_chars.values()]))
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+    return txt.replace(''.join([*bad_chars.keys()]), ''.join([*bad_chars.values()]))