diff --git a/code/backend/pages/01_Ingest_Data.py b/code/backend/pages/01_Ingest_Data.py
index f5fd97b44..b652c5cc7 100644
--- a/code/backend/pages/01_Ingest_Data.py
+++ b/code/backend/pages/01_Ingest_Data.py
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ def sanitize_metadata_value(value):
 
 
 def add_url_embeddings(urls: list[str]):
+    has_valid_url = bool(list(filter(str.strip, urls)))
+    if not has_valid_url:
+        st.error("Please enter at least one valid URL.")
+        return
+
     params = {}
     if env_helper.FUNCTION_KEY is not None:
         params["code"] = env_helper.FUNCTION_KEY