catch payreq parsing error

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/routes/lightning/query.js b/routes/lightning/query.js
index 6f0dccbf..48af8b8e 100644
--- a/routes/lightning/query.js
+++ b/routes/lightning/query.js
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ const bolt11 = require("bolt11");
 
 module.exports = async (req, res) => {
   let { amount, payreq } = req.body;
-  payreq = bolt11.decode(payreq);
 
   try {
+    payreq = bolt11.decode(payreq);
     res.send(await lna.queryRoutes({ pub_key: payreq.payeeNodeKey, amt: amount || payreq.satoshis }));
   } catch (e) {
     res.status(500).send(e.message);