diff --git a/src/middleware/requestRateLimit.ts b/src/middleware/requestRateLimit.ts
index f7e40cc..27640c7 100644
--- a/src/middleware/requestRateLimit.ts
+++ b/src/middleware/requestRateLimit.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { getIP } from "../utils/getIP";
 import { getHash } from "../utils/getHash";
 import { getHashCache } from "../utils/getHashCache";
-import rateLimit, { RateLimitRequestHandler } from "express-rate-limit";
+import rateLimit from "express-rate-limit";
 import { RateLimitConfig } from "../types/config.model";
-import { Request } from "express";
+import { Request, RequestHandler } from "express";
 import { isUserVIP } from "../utils/isUserVIP";
 import { UserID } from "../types/user.model";
 import RedisStore, { RedisReply } from "rate-limit-redis";
@@ -11,27 +11,32 @@ import redis from "../utils/redis";
 import { config } from "../config";
 import { Logger } from "../utils/logger";
 
-export function rateLimitMiddleware(limitConfig: RateLimitConfig, getUserID?: (req: Request) => UserID): RateLimitRequestHandler {
-    return rateLimit({
-        windowMs: limitConfig.windowMs,
-        max: limitConfig.max,
-        message: limitConfig.message,
-        statusCode: limitConfig.statusCode,
-        legacyHeaders: false,
-        standardHeaders: false,
-        keyGenerator: (req) => {
-            return getHash(getIP(req), 1);
-        },
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-misused-promises
-        handler: async (req, res, next) => {
-            if (getUserID === undefined || !await isUserVIP(await getHashCache(getUserID(req)))) {
-                return res.status(limitConfig.statusCode).send(limitConfig.message);
-            } else {
-                return next();
-            }
-        },
-        store: config.redis?.enabled ? new RedisStore({
-            sendCommand: (...args: string[]) => redis.sendCommand(args).catch((err) => Logger.error(err)) as Promise<RedisReply>,
-        }) : null,
-    });
+export function rateLimitMiddleware(limitConfig: RateLimitConfig, getUserID?: (req: Request) => UserID): RequestHandler {
+    try {
+        return rateLimit({
+            windowMs: limitConfig.windowMs,
+            max: limitConfig.max,
+            message: limitConfig.message,
+            statusCode: limitConfig.statusCode,
+            legacyHeaders: false,
+            standardHeaders: false,
+            keyGenerator: (req) => {
+                return getHash(getIP(req), 1);
+            },
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-misused-promises
+            handler: async (req, res, next) => {
+                if (getUserID === undefined || !await isUserVIP(await getHashCache(getUserID(req)))) {
+                    return res.status(limitConfig.statusCode).send(limitConfig.message);
+                } else {
+                    return next();
+                }
+            },
+            store: config.redis?.enabled ? new RedisStore({
+                sendCommand: (...args: string[]) => redis.sendCommand(args).catch((err) => Logger.error(err)) as Promise<RedisReply>,
+            }) : null,
+        });
+    } catch (e) {
+        Logger.error(`Rate limit error: ${e}`);
+        return (req, res, next) => next();
+    }
 }