diff --git a/src/all/mangadex/build.gradle b/src/all/mangadex/build.gradle
index 12a8af766..c31e0ca25 100644
--- a/src/all/mangadex/build.gradle
+++ b/src/all/mangadex/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ext {
     extName = 'MangaDex'
     pkgNameSuffix = 'all.mangadex'
     extClass = '.MangaDexFactory'
-    extVersionCode = 120
+    extVersionCode = 121
     libVersion = '1.2'
     containsNsfw = true
 }
diff --git a/src/all/mangadex/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/mangadex/MangaDex.kt b/src/all/mangadex/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/mangadex/MangaDex.kt
index 92bc7ae8f..b394390d4 100644
--- a/src/all/mangadex/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/mangadex/MangaDex.kt
+++ b/src/all/mangadex/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/mangadex/MangaDex.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.model.Page
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.model.SChapter
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.model.SManga
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.online.HttpSource
+import kotlinx.serialization.SerializationException
 import kotlinx.serialization.decodeFromString
 import okhttp3.CacheControl
 import okhttp3.Headers
@@ -196,9 +197,15 @@ abstract class MangaDex(override val lang: String, val dexLang: String) :
      * @see AggregateDto
      */
     private fun fetchSimpleChapterList(manga: MangaDto, langCode: String): List<String> {
-        val url = "${MDConstants.apiMangaUrl}/${manga.data.id}/aggregate?translatedLanguage[]=${langCode}"
+        val url = "${MDConstants.apiMangaUrl}/${manga.data.id}/aggregate?translatedLanguage[]=$langCode"
         val response = client.newCall(GET(url, headers)).execute()
-        val chapters = helper.json.decodeFromString<AggregateDto>(response.body!!.string())
+        val chapters: AggregateDto
+        try {
+            chapters = helper.json.decodeFromString(response.body!!.string())
+        } catch (e: SerializationException) {
+            return emptyList()
+        }
+        if (chapters.volumes.isNullOrEmpty()) return emptyList()
         return chapters.volumes.values.flatMap { it.chapters.values }.map { it.chapter }
     }