diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 5e036ff51..b3a0c3aa5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
 
   def simple
     if !@project.common? && @project&.repository&.mirror&.waiting?
-      gitea_result = $gitea_client.get_repos_by_owner_repo(@project&.owner&.login, @project&.identifier)
-      if !gitea_result["empty"]
+      gitea_result = $gitea_client.get_repos_by_owner_repo(@project&.owner&.login, @project&.identifier) rescue nil
+      if gitea_result.present? && !gitea_result["empty"]
         @project&.update_columns(gpid: gitea_result["id"])
         @project&.repository&.mirror&.succeeded!
         project_id = @project&.id