diff --git a/src/core/utils.js b/src/core/utils.js
index de572105..b1b7f9de 100644
--- a/src/core/utils.js
+++ b/src/core/utils.js
@@ -723,6 +723,10 @@ export const shallowEqualKeys = (a,b, keys) => {
 }
 
 export function sanitizeUrl(url) {
+  if(typeof url !== "string" || url === "") {
+    return ""
+  }
+
   return braintreeSanitizeUrl(url)
 }
 
diff --git a/test/core/utils.js b/test/core/utils.js
index 4adbca8f..d65046cb 100644
--- a/test/core/utils.js
+++ b/test/core/utils.js
@@ -912,5 +912,17 @@ sbG8iKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=`)
 
       expect(res).toEqual("https://swagger.io/")
     })
+
+    it("should gracefully handle empty strings", function() {
+      expect(sanitizeUrl("")).toEqual("")
+    })
+
+    it("should gracefully handle non-string values", function() {
+      expect(sanitizeUrl(123)).toEqual("")
+      expect(sanitizeUrl(null)).toEqual("")
+      expect(sanitizeUrl(undefined)).toEqual("")
+      expect(sanitizeUrl([])).toEqual("")
+      expect(sanitizeUrl({})).toEqual("")
+    })
   })
 })