diff --git a/backend/appsettings/src/manual.py b/backend/appsettings/src/manual.py
index 007922ee..08e5b8e3 100644
--- a/backend/appsettings/src/manual.py
+++ b/backend/appsettings/src/manual.py
@@ -407,8 +407,11 @@ class ManualImport:
             media_path=self.current_video["media"],
         )
         if not video.json_data:
-            print(f"{video_id}: manual import failed, and no metadata found.")
-            raise ValueError
+            message = (
+                f"{video_id}: manual import failed, and no metadata found."
+            )
+            print(message)
+            raise ValueError(message)
 
         video.check_subtitles(subtitle_files=self.current_video["subtitle"])
         video.upload_to_es()
diff --git a/backend/channel/src/index.py b/backend/channel/src/index.py
index 2745bbf5..bc3b6853 100644
--- a/backend/channel/src/index.py
+++ b/backend/channel/src/index.py
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ class YoutubeChannel(YouTubeItem):
         if not self.youtube_meta and fallback:
             self._video_fallback(fallback)
         else:
+            if not self.json_data:
+                message = f"{self.youtube_id}: Failed to get metadata"
+                raise ValueError(message)
+
             self.process_youtube_meta()
             self.get_channel_art()
 
diff --git a/backend/requirements-dev.txt b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
index a5037149..bd641c5c 100644
--- a/backend/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 ipython==8.31.0
-pre-commit==4.0.1
+pre-commit==4.1.0
 pylint-django==2.6.1
 pylint==3.3.3
 pytest-django==4.9.0