diff --git a/mirror.php b/mirror.php
index 4fb66e2..364ef39 100755
--- a/mirror.php
+++ b/mirror.php
@@ -381,7 +381,9 @@ private function downloadV2Files(array $requests): bool
                         }
 
                         // check the response is for the correct package as safety check against corruption
-                        preg_match('{^/p2/(.+?)(~dev)?.json$}', $userData['path'], $match);
+                        if (!preg_match('{^/p2/(.+?)(~dev)?.json$}', $userData['path'], $match)) {
+                            throw new \Exception('Invalid path could not be parsed: '.$userData['path']);
+                        }
                         $packageName = $match[1];
                         if (!isset($decoded['packages'][$packageName])) {
                             throw new \Exception('Invalid response for file '.$userData['path'].', '.$packageName.' could not be found in file content: '.substr($metadata, 0, 300));