diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/GraphQL/RateLimitPerQuery.php b/app/Http/Middleware/GraphQL/RateLimitPerQuery.php
index 53c63954b..880f1eda2 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/GraphQL/RateLimitPerQuery.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/GraphQL/RateLimitPerQuery.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Middleware\GraphQL;
 
 use App\Enums\Auth\SpecialPermission;
 use Closure;
+use GraphQL\Error\SyntaxError;
 use GraphQL\Language\AST\OperationDefinitionNode;
 use GraphQL\Language\Parser;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
@@ -41,18 +42,18 @@ class RateLimitPerQuery
         }
 
         if ($query) {
-            try {
-                $ast = Parser::parse($query);
-            } catch (JsonException) {
-                return $next($request);
-            }
-
             $rootFields = 0;
 
-            foreach ($ast->definitions as $definition) {
-                if ($definition instanceof OperationDefinitionNode) {
-                    $rootFields += count($definition->selectionSet->selections ?? []);
+            try {
+                $ast = Parser::parse($query);
+
+                foreach ($ast->definitions as $definition) {
+                    if ($definition instanceof OperationDefinitionNode) {
+                        $rootFields += count($definition->selectionSet->selections ?? []);
+                    }
                 }
+            } catch (JsonException|SyntaxError) {
+                // Do nothing
             }
 
             $hits = max(1, $rootFields);
diff --git a/config/graphql.php b/config/graphql.php
index 82b778896..4c325d79e 100644
--- a/config/graphql.php
+++ b/config/graphql.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use App\GraphQL\Schema\Schemas\DefaultSchema;
 use App\GraphQL\Schema\Types\Base\PaginationInfoType;
 
 return [
-    'rate_limit' => env('GRAPHQL_RATE_LIMIT', 80),
+    'rate_limit' => (int) env('GRAPHQL_RATE_LIMIT', 80),
 
     'route' => [
         // The prefix for routes; do NOT use a leading slash!