diff --git a/iOS/Add/AddFeedViewController.swift b/iOS/Add/AddFeedViewController.swift
index ed5f9cf9c..f3eb6cad2 100644
--- a/iOS/Add/AddFeedViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/Add/AddFeedViewController.swift
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class AddFeedViewController: UITableViewController {
 		
 		BatchUpdate.shared.start()
 		
-		account!.createWebFeed(url: url.absoluteString, name: feedName, container: container) { result in
+		account!.createWebFeed(url: url.absoluteString, name: feedName, container: container, validateFeed: true) { result in
 
 			BatchUpdate.shared.end()
 			
diff --git a/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController+Drop.swift b/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController+Drop.swift
index 6b3499966..1dbb67fd2 100644
--- a/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController+Drop.swift
+++ b/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController+Drop.swift
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ extension MasterFeedViewController: UITableViewDropDelegate {
 		} else {
 			
 			BatchUpdate.shared.start()
-			destinationContainer.account?.createWebFeed(url: feed.url, name: feed.editedName, container: destinationContainer) { result in
+			destinationContainer.account?.createWebFeed(url: feed.url, name: feed.editedName, container: destinationContainer, validateFeed: false) { result in
 				switch result {
 				case .success:
 					sourceContainer.account?.removeWebFeed(feed, from: sourceContainer) { result in