diff --git a/resources/lib/PlayUtils.py b/resources/lib/PlayUtils.py
index a53d9cb9..078551bb 100644
--- a/resources/lib/PlayUtils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/PlayUtils.py
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ class PlayUtils():
                 USER_AGENT = 'QuickTime/7.7.4'
                 playurl += "?|User-Agent=%s" % USER_AGENT
 
+            if ":" not in playurl:
+                self.logMsg("Path seems invalid: %s" % playurl)
+                return False
+
             return playurl
 
         except: