diff --git a/web/apps/payments/src/pages/index.tsx b/web/apps/payments/src/pages/index.tsx
index 64c8b96a7..96d22d5ad 100644
--- a/web/apps/payments/src/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/payments/src/pages/index.tsx
@@ -2,27 +2,17 @@ import { Container } from "components/Container";
 import { Spinner } from "components/Spinner";
 import * as React from "react";
 import { parseAndHandleRequest } from "services/billingService";
-import { CUSTOM_ERROR } from "utils/error";
 import constants from "utils/strings";
 
 export default function Home() {
-    const [errorMessageView, setErrorMessageView] = React.useState(false);
-    const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(false);
+    const [failed, setFailed] = React.useState(false);
 
     React.useEffect(() => {
         async function main() {
             try {
-                setLoading(true);
                 await parseAndHandleRequest();
-            } catch (e: unknown) {
-                if (
-                    e instanceof Error &&
-                    e.message === CUSTOM_ERROR.DIRECT_OPEN_WITH_NO_QUERY_PARAMS
-                ) {
-                    window.location.href = "https://ente.io";
-                } else {
-                    setErrorMessageView(true);
-                }
+            } catch {
+                setFailed(true);
             }
         }
         // TODO: audit
@@ -32,11 +22,7 @@ export default function Home() {
 
     return (
         <Container>
-            {errorMessageView ? (
-                <div>{constants.SOMETHING_WENT_WRONG}</div>
-            ) : (
-                loading && <Spinner />
-            )}
+            {failed ? constants.SOMETHING_WENT_WRONG : <Spinner />}
         </Container>
     );
 }
diff --git a/web/apps/payments/src/services/billingService.ts b/web/apps/payments/src/services/billingService.ts
index 9224129d3..7668b591c 100644
--- a/web/apps/payments/src/services/billingService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/payments/src/services/billingService.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition */
 
 import { loadStripe } from "@stripe/stripe-js";
-import { CUSTOM_ERROR } from "utils/error";
 import { logError } from "utils/log";
 import HTTPService from "./HTTPService";
 
@@ -88,9 +87,15 @@ export async function parseAndHandleRequest() {
         const action = urlParams.get("action");
         const redirectURL = urlParams.get("redirectURL");
         if (!action && !paymentToken && !productID && !redirectURL) {
-            throw Error(CUSTOM_ERROR.DIRECT_OPEN_WITH_NO_QUERY_PARAMS);
+            // Maybe someone attempted to directly open this page in their
+            // browser. Not much we can do, just redirect them to the main site.
+            console.log(
+                "None of the required query parameters were supplied, redirecting to the ente.io",
+            );
+            redirectHome();
+            return;
         } else if (!action || !paymentToken || !productID || !redirectURL) {
-            throw Error(CUSTOM_ERROR.MISSING_REQUIRED_QUERY_PARAM);
+            throw Error("Required query parameter was not provided");
         }
         switch (action) {
             case PaymentActionType.Buy:
@@ -100,13 +105,11 @@ export async function parseAndHandleRequest() {
                 await updateSubscription(productID, paymentToken, redirectURL);
                 break;
             default:
-                throw Error(CUSTOM_ERROR.INVALID_ACTION);
+                throw Error(`Unsupported action ${action}`);
         }
     } catch (e: any) {
         console.error("Error: ", JSON.stringify(e));
-        if (e.message !== CUSTOM_ERROR.DIRECT_OPEN_WITH_NO_QUERY_PARAMS) {
-            logError(e);
-        }
+        logError(e);
         throw e;
     }
 }
@@ -285,3 +288,7 @@ function redirectToApp(redirectURL: string, status: string, reason?: string) {
     }
     window.location.href = completePath;
 }
+
+const redirectHome = () => {
+    window.location.href = "https://ente.io";
+};
diff --git a/web/apps/payments/src/utils/error.ts b/web/apps/payments/src/utils/error.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c38b2bf6c..000000000
--- a/web/apps/payments/src/utils/error.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-export const CUSTOM_ERROR = {
-    DIRECT_OPEN_WITH_NO_QUERY_PARAMS: "direct open with no query params",
-    MISSING_REQUIRED_QUERY_PARAM: "missing required query param",
-    INVALID_ACTION: "invalid action",
-};