diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
index 6e5d1049c..b0e4c26a3 100755
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ public WebResourceResponse shouldInterceptRequest(WebResourceRequest request) {
                 return handleCapacitorHttpRequest(request);
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 Logger.error(e.getLocalizedMessage());
+                return null;
             }
         }