diff --git a/src/modules/audio.ts b/src/modules/audio.ts
index 49c114b..6cf540f 100644
--- a/src/modules/audio.ts
+++ b/src/modules/audio.ts
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ import { _spawnPromise, validateUrl, getFormattedTimestamp, isYouTubeUrl } from
 export async function downloadAudio(url: string, config: Config): Promise<string> {
   const timestamp = getFormattedTimestamp();
 
-  try {
-    validateUrl(url);
+  if (!validateUrl(url)) {
+    throw new Error("Invalid or unsupported URL format");
+  }
 
+  try {
     const outputTemplate = path.join(
       config.file.downloadsDir,
       sanitizeFilename(`%(title)s [%(id)s] ${timestamp}`, config.file) + '.%(ext)s'
diff --git a/src/modules/metadata.ts b/src/modules/metadata.ts
index aadc2a7..cd53cf0 100644
--- a/src/modules/metadata.ts
+++ b/src/modules/metadata.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ export async function getVideoMetadata(
   _config?: Config
 ): Promise<string> {
   // Validate the URL
-  validateUrl(url);
+  if (!validateUrl(url)) {
+    throw new Error("Invalid or unsupported URL format");
+  }
 
   const args = [
     "--dump-json",
diff --git a/src/modules/video.ts b/src/modules/video.ts
index 44b5a7b..6fbf343 100644
--- a/src/modules/video.ts
+++ b/src/modules/video.ts
@@ -54,8 +54,11 @@ export async function downloadVideo(
 ): Promise<string> {
   const userDownloadsDir = config.file.downloadsDir;
 
+  if (!validateUrl(url)) {
+    throw new Error("Invalid or unsupported URL format");
+  }
+
   try {
-    validateUrl(url);
     const timestamp = getFormattedTimestamp();
 
     let format: string;