diff --git a/app/controllers/dois_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dois_controller.rb
index 216465951..de162d33d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dois_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dois_controller.rb
@@ -507,7 +507,6 @@ def safe_params
       { dates: [:date, :dateType, :dateInformation] },
       :subjects,
       { subjects: [:subject, :subjectScheme, :schemeUri, :valueUri, :lang] },
-      :landingPage,
       {
         landingPage: [
           :checked,
diff --git a/spec/requests/dois_spec.rb b/spec/requests/dois_spec.rb
index 7e469794f..6bbc262ad 100644
--- a/spec/requests/dois_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/dois_spec.rb
@@ -2378,6 +2378,13 @@
         expect(json.dig('data', 'attributes', 'landingPage')).to eq(landing_page)
         expect(json.dig('data', 'attributes', 'state')).to eq("findable")
       end
+
+      it 'fails to create a doi with bad data' do
+        valid_attributes['data']['attributes']['landingPage'] = "http://example.com"
+        post '/dois', valid_attributes.to_json, { 'HTTP_ACCEPT'=>'application/vnd.api+json', 'CONTENT_TYPE'=>'application/vnd.api+json', 'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => 'Bearer ' + bearer }
+
+        expect(last_response.status).to eq(422)
+      end
     end
 
     context 'update with landing page info as admin' do