diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f6871d583..8dff1b05d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2095,4 +2095,5 @@
 * Update docker to 19.03.12
 * Focal support
 * Fix sorting of user listing in the UI
+* namecheap: fix crash when server returns invalid response
 
diff --git a/src/dns/namecheap.js b/src/dns/namecheap.js
index b7ffcceee..8c114486b 100644
--- a/src/dns/namecheap.js
+++ b/src/dns/namecheap.js
@@ -78,13 +78,11 @@ function getInternal(dnsConfig, zoneName, subdomain, type, callback) {
 
                     return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, errorMessage));
                 }
-                if (!tmp.CommandResponse[0]) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, 'Invalid response'));
-                if (!tmp.CommandResponse[0].DomainDNSGetHostsResult[0]) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, 'Invalid response'));
-
-                var hosts = result.ApiResponse.CommandResponse[0].DomainDNSGetHostsResult[0].host.map(function (h) {
-                    return h['$'];
-                });
+                const host = safe.query(tmp, 'CommandResponse[0].DomainDNSGetHostsResult[0].host');
+                if (!host) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, `Invalid response: ${JSON.stringify(tmp)}`));
+                if (!Array.isArray(host)) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, `host is not an array: ${JSON.stringify(tmp)}`));
 
+                const hosts = host.map(h => h['$']);
                 callback(null, hosts);
             });
         });