diff --git a/damus/Views/Images/ImageContextMenuModifier.swift b/damus/Views/Images/ImageContextMenuModifier.swift
index e7633bfbf0..167fce0368 100644
--- a/damus/Views/Images/ImageContextMenuModifier.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/Images/ImageContextMenuModifier.swift
@@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ struct ImageContextMenuModifier: ViewModifier {
                 }
                 Button {
                     qrCodeLink = ""
-                    let detector:CIDetector = CIDetector(ofType: CIDetectorTypeQRCode, context: nil, options: [CIDetectorAccuracy:CIDetectorAccuracyHigh])!
-                    let ciImage: CIImage = CIImage(image:someImage)!
+                    guard let detector:CIDetector = CIDetector(ofType: CIDetectorTypeQRCode, context: nil, options: [CIDetectorAccuracy:CIDetectorAccuracyHigh]) else {
+                        return
+                    }
+                    guard let ciImage = CIImage(image:someImage) else {
+                        return
+                    }
                     let features = detector.features(in: ciImage)
                     if let qrfeatures = features as? [CIQRCodeFeature] {
                         for feature in qrfeatures {