diff --git a/src/en/animekai/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/en/animekai/AnimekaiDecoder.kt b/src/en/animekai/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/en/animekai/AnimekaiDecoder.kt
index 0036090c..67f80eba 100644
--- a/src/en/animekai/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/en/animekai/AnimekaiDecoder.kt
+++ b/src/en/animekai/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/en/animekai/AnimekaiDecoder.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.animeextension.en.animekai
 import android.util.Base64
 import java.net.URLEncoder
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
-import java.security.MessageDigest
 import javax.crypto.Cipher
 import javax.crypto.spec.IvParameterSpec
 import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec
@@ -22,27 +21,37 @@ class AnimekaiDecoder {
     }
 
     private fun encrypt(text: String): String {
-        val keyBytes = decodeBase64(SECRET)
-        val ivSpec = IvParameterSpec(IV.toByteArray(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
-        val keySpec = SecretKeySpec(keyBytes, "AES")
+        return try {
+            val keyBytes = decodeBase64(SECRET)
+            val ivSpec = IvParameterSpec(IV.toByteArray(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+            val keySpec = SecretKeySpec(keyBytes, "AES")
 
-        val cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding")
-        cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, keySpec, ivSpec)
+            val cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding")
+            cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, keySpec, ivSpec)
 
-        val encrypted = cipher.doFinal(text.toByteArray(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
-        return encodeBase64(encrypted)
+            val encrypted = cipher.doFinal(text.toByteArray(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+            encodeBase64(encrypted)
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            e.printStackTrace()
+            "" // Return an empty string on failure
+        }
     }
 
     private fun decrypt(base64Data: String): String {
-        val keyBytes = decodeBase64(SECRET)
-        val ivSpec = IvParameterSpec(IV.toByteArray(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
-        val keySpec = SecretKeySpec(keyBytes, "AES")
+        return try {
+            val keyBytes = decodeBase64(SECRET)
+            val ivSpec = IvParameterSpec(IV.toByteArray(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+            val keySpec = SecretKeySpec(keyBytes, "AES")
 
-        val cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding")
-        cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, keySpec, ivSpec)
+            val cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding")
+            cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, keySpec, ivSpec)
 
-        val decrypted = cipher.doFinal(decodeBase64(base64Data))
-        return String(decrypted, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+            val decrypted = cipher.doFinal(decodeBase64(base64Data))
+            String(decrypted, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            e.printStackTrace()
+            "" // Return an empty string on failure
+        }
     }
 
     companion object {
@@ -57,4 +66,4 @@ class AnimekaiDecoder {
             return Base64.encodeToString(data, Base64.NO_WRAP)
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}