diff --git a/crates/cdk-axum/src/ws/subscribe.rs b/crates/cdk-axum/src/ws/subscribe.rs
index a1cc6ecd..cfc021f4 100644
--- a/crates/cdk-axum/src/ws/subscribe.rs
+++ b/crates/cdk-axum/src/ws/subscribe.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,18 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle(
         return Err(WsError::InvalidParams);
     }
 
-    let mut subscription = context.state.mint.pubsub_manager.subscribe(params).await;
+    let mut subscription = if let Ok(subscription) = context
+        .state
+        .mint
+        .pubsub_manager
+        .try_subscribe(params)
+        .await
+    {
+        subscription
+    } else {
+        return Err(WsError::ParseError);
+    };
+
     let publisher = context.publisher.clone();
     context.subscriptions.insert(
         sub_id.clone(),
diff --git a/crates/cdk-integration-tests/tests/mint.rs b/crates/cdk-integration-tests/tests/mint.rs
index 3c9f1258..2bcd281a 100644
--- a/crates/cdk-integration-tests/tests/mint.rs
+++ b/crates/cdk-integration-tests/tests/mint.rs
@@ -230,12 +230,13 @@ pub async fn test_p2pk_swap() -> Result<()> {
 
     let mut listener = mint
         .pubsub_manager
-        .subscribe(Params {
+        .try_subscribe(Params {
             kind: cdk::nuts::nut17::Kind::ProofState,
             filters: public_keys_to_listen.clone(),
             id: "test".into(),
         })
-        .await;
+        .await
+        .expect("valid subscription");
 
     match mint.process_swap_request(swap_request).await {
         Ok(_) => bail!("Proofs spent without sig"),
diff --git a/crates/cdk/src/nuts/nut17/manager.rs b/crates/cdk/src/nuts/nut17/manager.rs
index 59d05b39..21103d6e 100644
--- a/crates/cdk/src/nuts/nut17/manager.rs
+++ b/crates/cdk/src/nuts/nut17/manager.rs
@@ -101,8 +101,14 @@ mod test {
         // responsibility of the implementor to make sure that SubId are unique
         // either globally or per client
         let subscriptions = vec![
-            manager.subscribe(params.clone()).await,
-            manager.subscribe(params).await,
+            manager
+                .try_subscribe(params.clone())
+                .await
+                .expect("valid subscription"),
+            manager
+                .try_subscribe(params)
+                .await
+                .expect("valid subscription"),
         ];
         assert_eq!(2, manager.active_subscriptions());
         drop(subscriptions);
@@ -117,7 +123,7 @@ mod test {
         let manager = PubSubManager::default();
         let mut subscriptions = [
             manager
-                .subscribe(Params {
+                .try_subscribe(Params {
                     kind: Kind::ProofState,
                     filters: vec![
                         "02194603ffa36356f4a56b7df9371fc3192472351453ec7398b8da8117e7c3e104"
@@ -125,9 +131,10 @@ mod test {
                     ],
                     id: "uno".into(),
                 })
-                .await,
+                .await
+                .expect("valid subscription"),
             manager
-                .subscribe(Params {
+                .try_subscribe(Params {
                     kind: Kind::ProofState,
                     filters: vec![
                         "02194603ffa36356f4a56b7df9371fc3192472351453ec7398b8da8117e7c3e104"
@@ -135,7 +142,8 @@ mod test {
                     ],
                     id: "dos".into(),
                 })
-                .await,
+                .await
+                .expect("valid subscription"),
         ];
 
         let event = ProofState {
@@ -174,11 +182,11 @@ mod test {
     async fn json_test() {
         let manager = PubSubManager::default();
         let mut subscription = manager
-            .subscribe::<Params>(
+            .try_subscribe::<Params>(
                 serde_json::from_str(r#"{"kind":"proof_state","filters":["02194603ffa36356f4a56b7df9371fc3192472351453ec7398b8da8117e7c3e104"],"subId":"uno"}"#)
                     .expect("valid json"),
             )
-            .await;
+            .await.expect("valid subscription");
 
         manager.broadcast(
             ProofState {
diff --git a/crates/cdk/src/nuts/nut17/mod.rs b/crates/cdk/src/nuts/nut17/mod.rs
index 437b0c4f..a7b0698c 100644
--- a/crates/cdk/src/nuts/nut17/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/cdk/src/nuts/nut17/mod.rs
@@ -168,8 +168,22 @@ impl AsRef<SubId> for Params {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<Params> for Vec<Index<Notification>> {
-    fn from(val: Params) -> Self {
+/// Parsing error
+#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error("Uuid Error: {0}")]
+    /// Uuid Error
+    Uuid(#[from] uuid::Error),
+
+    #[error("PublicKey Error: {0}")]
+    /// PublicKey Error
+    PublicKey(#[from] crate::nuts::nut01::Error),
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<Params> for Vec<Index<Notification>> {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn try_from(val: Params) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         let sub_id: SubscriptionGlobalId = Default::default();
         val.filters
             .into_iter()
@@ -186,8 +200,6 @@ impl From<Params> for Vec<Index<Notification>> {
 
                 Ok(Index::from((idx, val.id.clone(), sub_id)))
             })
-            .collect::<Result<_, anyhow::Error>>()
-            .unwrap()
-        // TODO don't unwrap, move to try from
+            .collect::<Result<_, _>>()
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/cdk/src/pub_sub/mod.rs b/crates/cdk/src/pub_sub/mod.rs
index a8269290..cff76970 100644
--- a/crates/cdk/src/pub_sub/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/cdk/src/pub_sub/mod.rs
@@ -157,16 +157,14 @@ where
         Self::broadcast_impl(&self.indexes, event).await;
     }
 
-    /// Subscribe to a specific event
-    pub async fn subscribe<P: AsRef<SubId> + Into<Vec<Index<I>>>>(
+    /// Specific of the subscription, this is the abstraction between `subscribe` and `try_subscribe`
+    #[inline(always)]
+    async fn subscribe_inner(
         &self,
-        params: P,
+        sub_id: SubId,
+        indexes: Vec<Index<I>>,
     ) -> ActiveSubscription<T, I> {
         let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel(10);
-        let sub_id: SubId = params.as_ref().clone();
-
-        let indexes: Vec<Index<I>> = params.into();
-
         if let Some(on_new_subscription) = self.on_new_subscription.as_ref() {
             match on_new_subscription
                 .on_new_subscription(&indexes.iter().map(|x| x.deref()).collect::<Vec<_>>())
@@ -204,6 +202,25 @@ where
         }
     }
 
+    /// Try to subscribe to a specific event
+    pub async fn try_subscribe<P: AsRef<SubId> + TryInto<Vec<Index<I>>>>(
+        &self,
+        params: P,
+    ) -> Result<ActiveSubscription<T, I>, P::Error> {
+        Ok(self
+            .subscribe_inner(params.as_ref().clone(), params.try_into()?)
+            .await)
+    }
+
+    /// Subscribe to a specific event
+    pub async fn subscribe<P: AsRef<SubId> + Into<Vec<Index<I>>>>(
+        &self,
+        params: P,
+    ) -> ActiveSubscription<T, I> {
+        self.subscribe_inner(params.as_ref().clone(), params.into())
+            .await
+    }
+
     /// Return number of active subscriptions
     pub fn active_subscriptions(&self) -> usize {
         self.active_subscriptions.load(atomic::Ordering::SeqCst)