diff --git a/string_utils/string_utils.go b/string_utils/string_utils.go
index a248148b37981142c9fbc9843ef7ba0a0307ca03..fb6610221967a673a7e7b029f2627d21196692f9 100644
--- a/string_utils/string_utils.go
+++ b/string_utils/string_utils.go
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func LimitStringToMaxLength(str string, maxLen int) string {
 func StripQueryString(inputUrl string) (string, error) {
 	u, err := url.Parse(inputUrl)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return inputUrl, err
 	}
 	u.RawQuery = ""
 	return u.String(), nil