diff --git a/backend/cmd/assets/main.go b/backend/cmd/assets/main.go
index 629224da7..d62a25876 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/assets/main.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/assets/main.go
@@ -37,11 +37,19 @@ func main() {
 		func(sessionID uint64, iter messages.Iterator, meta *types.Meta) {
 			for iter.Next() {
 				if iter.Type() == messages.MsgAssetCache {
-					msg := iter.Message().Decode().(*messages.AssetCache)
+					m := iter.Message().Decode()
+					if m == nil {
+						return
+					}
+					msg := m.(*messages.AssetCache)
 					cacher.CacheURL(sessionID, msg.URL)
 					totalAssets.Add(context.Background(), 1)
 				} else if iter.Type() == messages.MsgErrorEvent {
-					msg := iter.Message().Decode().(*messages.ErrorEvent)
+					m := iter.Message().Decode()
+					if m == nil {
+						return
+					}
+					msg := m.(*messages.ErrorEvent)
 					if msg.Source != "js_exception" {
 						continue
 					}
diff --git a/backend/cmd/db/main.go b/backend/cmd/db/main.go
index 2ea57b459..82e96dae6 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/db/main.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/db/main.go
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ func main() {
 				continue
 			}
 			msg := iter.Message().Decode()
+			if msg == nil {
+				return
+			}
 
 			// Just save session data into db without additional checks
 			if err := saver.InsertMessage(sessionID, msg); err != nil {
diff --git a/backend/cmd/sink/main.go b/backend/cmd/sink/main.go
index d247d17b2..f0b145fae 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/sink/main.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/sink/main.go
@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ func main() {
 					iter.Type() == MsgCSSInsertRuleURLBased ||
 					iter.Type() == MsgAdoptedSSReplaceURLBased ||
 					iter.Type() == MsgAdoptedSSInsertRuleURLBased {
-					msg = assetMessageHandler.ParseAssets(sessionID, msg.Decode()) // TODO: filter type only once (use iterator inide or bring ParseAssets out here).
+					m := msg.Decode()
+					if m == nil {
+						return
+					}
+					msg = assetMessageHandler.ParseAssets(sessionID, m) // TODO: filter type only once (use iterator inide or bring ParseAssets out here).
 				}
 
 				// Filter message
diff --git a/backend/pkg/messages/batch.go b/backend/pkg/messages/batch.go
index 7dd6172bd..58b177aea 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/messages/batch.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/messages/batch.go
@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@ func (i *iteratorImpl) Next() bool {
 			log.Printf("Batch Metadata found at the end of the batch")
 			return false
 		}
-		m := i.msg.Decode().(*BatchMetadata)
+		msg := i.msg.Decode()
+		if msg == nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		m := msg.(*BatchMetadata)
 		i.index = m.PageNo<<32 + m.FirstIndex // 2^32  is the maximum count of messages per page (ha-ha)
 		i.timestamp = m.Timestamp
 		i.version = m.Version
@@ -108,7 +112,11 @@ func (i *iteratorImpl) Next() bool {
 			log.Printf("Batch Meta found at the end of the batch")
 			return false
 		}
-		m := i.msg.Decode().(*BatchMeta)
+		msg := i.msg.Decode()
+		if msg == nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		m := msg.(*BatchMeta)
 		i.index = m.PageNo<<32 + m.FirstIndex // 2^32  is the maximum count of messages per page (ha-ha)
 		i.timestamp = m.Timestamp
 		isBatchMeta = true
@@ -118,24 +126,44 @@ func (i *iteratorImpl) Next() bool {
 			log.Printf("Batch Meta found at the end of the batch")
 			return false
 		}
-		m := i.msg.Decode().(*IOSBatchMeta)
+		msg := i.msg.Decode()
+		if msg == nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		m := msg.(*IOSBatchMeta)
 		i.index = m.FirstIndex
 		i.timestamp = int64(m.Timestamp)
 		isBatchMeta = true
 		// continue readLoop
 	case MsgTimestamp:
-		m := i.msg.Decode().(*Timestamp)
+		msg := i.msg.Decode()
+		if msg == nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		m := msg.(*Timestamp)
 		i.timestamp = int64(m.Timestamp)
 		// No skipping here for making it easy to encode back the same sequence of message
 		// continue readLoop
 	case MsgSessionStart:
-		m := i.msg.Decode().(*SessionStart)
+		msg := i.msg.Decode()
+		if msg == nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		m := msg.(*SessionStart)
 		i.timestamp = int64(m.Timestamp)
 	case MsgSessionEnd:
-		m := i.msg.Decode().(*SessionEnd)
+		msg := i.msg.Decode()
+		if msg == nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		m := msg.(*SessionEnd)
 		i.timestamp = int64(m.Timestamp)
 	case MsgSetPageLocation:
-		m := i.msg.Decode().(*SetPageLocation)
+		msg := i.msg.Decode()
+		if msg == nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		m := msg.(*SetPageLocation)
 		i.url = m.URL
 	}
 	i.msg.Meta().Index = i.index