diff --git a/lychee-bin/tests/data_uris.rs b/lychee-bin/tests/data_uris.rs
index 96b11ad4d3..c90451c0ee 100644
--- a/lychee-bin/tests/data_uris.rs
+++ b/lychee-bin/tests/data_uris.rs
@@ -53,4 +53,16 @@ mod cli {
         let output = std::str::from_utf8(&output.stdout).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(output.lines().count(), 5);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_check_data_uris() {
+        let input = fixtures_path().join("TEST_DATA_URIS.html");
+
+        cargo_bin_cmd!()
+            .arg(input)
+            .arg("--exclude-loopback")
+            .assert()
+            .success()
+            .stdout(contains("3 Unsupported"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/checker/website.rs b/lychee-lib/src/checker/website.rs
index c490fc22b3..b2601dde5c 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/checker/website.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/checker/website.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ impl WebsiteChecker {
 
         let request = match request {
             Ok(r) => r,
-            Err(e) => return e.into(),
+            Err(e) => return Status::from(e),
         };
 
         let status = ClientRequestChains::new(vec![&self.plugin_request_chain, default_chain])
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/ratelimit/host/key.rs b/lychee-lib/src/ratelimit/host/key.rs
index 4361b9b8da..aae34e5445 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/ratelimit/host/key.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/ratelimit/host/key.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::fmt;
 use url::Url;
 
-use crate::ErrorKind;
-use crate::types::Result;
-
 /// A type-safe representation of a hostname for rate limiting purposes.
 ///
 /// This extracts and normalizes hostnames from URLs to ensure consistent
@@ -37,30 +34,24 @@ impl HostKey {
     }
 }
 
-impl TryFrom<&Url> for HostKey {
-    type Error = ErrorKind;
-
-    fn try_from(url: &Url) -> Result<Self> {
-        let host = url.host_str().ok_or_else(|| ErrorKind::InvalidUrlHost)?;
+impl From<&Url> for HostKey {
+    fn from(url: &Url) -> Self {
+        let host = url.host_str().unwrap_or("unknown-host.internal");
 
         // Normalize to lowercase for consistent lookup
-        Ok(HostKey(host.to_lowercase()))
+        HostKey(host.to_lowercase())
     }
 }
 
-impl TryFrom<&crate::Uri> for HostKey {
-    type Error = ErrorKind;
-
-    fn try_from(uri: &crate::Uri) -> Result<Self> {
-        Self::try_from(&uri.url)
+impl From<&crate::Uri> for HostKey {
+    fn from(uri: &crate::Uri) -> Self {
+        Self::from(&uri.url)
     }
 }
 
-impl TryFrom<Url> for HostKey {
-    type Error = ErrorKind;
-
-    fn try_from(url: Url) -> Result<Self> {
-        HostKey::try_from(&url)
+impl From<Url> for HostKey {
+    fn from(url: Url) -> Self {
+        Self::from(&url)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/ratelimit/pool.rs b/lychee-lib/src/ratelimit/pool.rs
index a7357b5ece..eaedc4801c 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/ratelimit/pool.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/ratelimit/pool.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ impl HostPool {
     /// - The underlying HTTP request fails
     pub(crate) async fn execute_request(&self, request: Request) -> Result<CacheableResponse> {
         let url = request.url();
-        let host_key = HostKey::try_from(url)?;
+        let host_key = HostKey::from(url);
         let host = self.get_or_create_host(host_key);
         host.execute_request(request).await
     }
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ impl HostPool {
     /// - The request URI has no valid hostname
     /// - The request fails to build
     pub fn build_request(&self, method: Method, uri: &Uri) -> Result<Request> {
-        let host_key = HostKey::try_from(uri)?;
+        let host_key = HostKey::from(uri);
         let host = self.get_or_create_host(host_key);
         host.get_client()
             .request(method, uri.url.clone())
@@ -195,15 +195,9 @@ impl HostPool {
     /// since this is handled internally.
     pub fn record_persistent_cache_hit(&self, uri: &crate::Uri) {
         if !uri.is_file() && !uri.is_mail() {
-            match crate::ratelimit::HostKey::try_from(uri) {
-                Ok(key) => {
-                    let host = self.get_or_create_host(key);
-                    host.record_persistent_cache_hit();
-                }
-                Err(e) => {
-                    log::debug!("Failed to record cache hit for {uri}: {e}");
-                }
-            }
+            let key = crate::ratelimit::HostKey::from(uri);
+            let host = self.get_or_create_host(key);
+            host.record_persistent_cache_hit();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/types/status.rs b/lychee-lib/src/types/status.rs
index 35577ec4f3..d080df5e7e 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/types/status.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/types/status.rs
@@ -298,7 +298,10 @@ impl Status {
 
 impl From<ErrorKind> for Status {
     fn from(e: ErrorKind) -> Self {
-        Self::Error(e)
+        match e {
+            ErrorKind::BuildRequestClient(e) => Status::from(e),
+            _ => Self::Error(e),
+        }
     }
 }