diff --git a/Packages/Pachyderm/Sources/Pachyderm/Utilities/URLDecoder.swift b/Packages/Pachyderm/Sources/Pachyderm/Utilities/URLDecoder.swift
index 502595fd..fff68776 100644
--- a/Packages/Pachyderm/Sources/Pachyderm/Utilities/URLDecoder.swift
+++ b/Packages/Pachyderm/Sources/Pachyderm/Utilities/URLDecoder.swift
@@ -63,10 +63,14 @@ public struct OptionalURLDecoder: Codable, Sendable, Hashable, ExpressibleByNilL
             self.wrappedValue = nil
         } else {
             let s = try container.decode(String.self)
-            do {
-                self.wrappedValue = try parseStrategy.parse(s)
-            } catch {
-                throw DecodingError.dataCorrupted(.init(codingPath: container.codingPath, debugDescription: "Could not decode URL '\(s)'", underlyingError: error))
+            if s.isEmpty {
+                self.wrappedValue = nil
+            } else {
+                do {
+                    self.wrappedValue = try parseStrategy.parse(s)
+                } catch {
+                    throw DecodingError.dataCorrupted(.init(codingPath: container.codingPath, debugDescription: "Could not decode URL '\(s)'", underlyingError: error))
+                }
             }
         }
     }