diff --git a/app/controllers/active_storage/disk_controller_decorator.rb b/app/controllers/active_storage/disk_controller_decorator.rb
index 8af75227..4c9c5166 100644
--- a/app/controllers/active_storage/disk_controller_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/active_storage/disk_controller_decorator.rb
@@ -27,17 +27,11 @@ module ActiveStorage
             site = Site.find_by_name token[:service_name]
 
             if remote_file?(token)
-              begin
-                url = request.body.read
-                body = Down.download(url, max_size: 111.megabytes)
-                checksum = Digest::MD5.file(body.path).base64digest
-                blob.metadata[:url] = url
-                blob.update_columns checksum: checksum, byte_size: body.size, metadata: blob.metadata
-              rescue StandardError => e
-                ExceptionNotifier.notify_exception(e, data: { key: token[:key], url: url, site: site.name })
-
-                head :payload_too_large
-              end
+              url = request.body.read
+              body = Down.download(url, max_size: 111.megabytes)
+              checksum = Digest::MD5.file(body.path).base64digest
+              blob.metadata[:url] = url
+              blob.update_columns checksum: checksum, byte_size: body.size, metadata: blob.metadata
             else
               body = request.body
               checksum = token[:checksum]
@@ -54,6 +48,10 @@ module ActiveStorage
         end
       rescue ActiveStorage::IntegrityError
         head :unprocessable_entity
+      rescue Down::Error => e
+        ExceptionNotifier.notify_exception(e, data: { key: token[:key], url: url, site: site.name })
+
+        head :payload_too_large
       end
 
       private