diff --git a/ydb/core/viewer/viewer_topic_data.cpp b/ydb/core/viewer/viewer_topic_data.cpp
index 012ffb84117b..66748df6f3b0 100644
--- a/ydb/core/viewer/viewer_topic_data.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/viewer/viewer_topic_data.cpp
@@ -201,7 +201,11 @@ void TTopicData::FillProtoResponse(ui64 maxTotalSize) {
             if (codec == nullptr) {
                 return ReplyAndPassAway(GetHTTPINTERNALERROR("text/plain", "Message decompression failed"));
             }
-            setData(*messageProto, std::move(codec->Decompress(dataChunk.GetData())));
+            try {
+                setData(*messageProto, std::move(codec->Decompress(dataChunk.GetData())));
+            } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+                setData(*messageProto, ">>> Message decompression failed <<<");
+            }
         } else {
             setData(*messageProto, std::move(*dataChunk.MutableData()));
         }