diff --git a/src-tauri/src/errors.rs b/src-tauri/src/errors.rs
index 3280e1e..05d9776 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/errors.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ pub enum RequestError {
     StreamIOError(#[from] std::io::Error),
     // #[error("Received invalid UTF-8 in request")]
     // InvalidUtf8,
-    // MalformedHttpRequest,
+    #[error("HTTP request malformed")]
+    BadRequest,
     #[error("HTTP request too large")]
     RequestTooLarge,
     #[error("Error accessing credentials: {0}")]
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/server.rs b/src-tauri/src/server.rs
index ee06012..15ccfd6 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/server.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/server.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ impl Handler {
             println!("{}", std::str::from_utf8(&buf).unwrap());
         }
 
+        let path = buf.split(|&c| &[c] == b" ")
+            .skip(1)
+            .next()
+            .ok_or(RequestError::BadRequest(buf))?;
+
         Ok(buf)
     }