diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
index 493c0fb31..ab785b73a 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
@@ -193,15 +193,8 @@ export const subscribeResolver = authorized<
         env: env.server.apiEnv,
       },
     })
-
-    // validate rss feed
-    const feed = await parseFeed(input.url)
-    if (!feed) {
-      return {
-        errorCodes: [SubscribeErrorCode.NotFound],
-      }
-    }
-    const feedUrl = feed.url
+    // use user provided url
+    const feedUrl = input.url
     try {
       validateUrl(feedUrl)
     } catch (error) {
@@ -212,6 +205,14 @@ export const subscribeResolver = authorized<
       }
     }
 
+    // validate rss feed
+    const feed = await parseFeed(feedUrl)
+    if (!feed) {
+      return {
+        errorCodes: [SubscribeErrorCode.NotFound],
+      }
+    }
+
     // find existing subscription
     const existingSubscription = await getRepository(Subscription).findOneBy({
       url: In([feedUrl, input.url]), // check both user provided url and parsed url