diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Xml.php b/app/Console/Commands/Xml.php
index 769f33c5..c9210b90 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Xml.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Xml.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Console\Commands;
 
 use App\Utilities\Notice;
+use Log;
 use SimpleXMLElement;
 
 class Xml
@@ -96,8 +97,11 @@ class Xml
                 sleep(2); // Optional: Sleep between retries
             } else {
                 curl_close($ch);
-
-                return new SimpleXMLElement($response);
+                if (mb_substr($response, 0, 1) != '<') {
+                    Log::debug('INVALID XML '.$url);
+                } else {
+                    return new SimpleXMLElement($response);
+                }
             }
         }
         echo "All attempts failed.\n";