diff --git a/frigate/test/test_http.py b/frigate/test/test_http.py
index 40f5b2677..f0cb927f4 100644
--- a/frigate/test/test_http.py
+++ b/frigate/test/test_http.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ from playhouse.shortcuts import model_to_dict
 from playhouse.sqlite_ext import SqliteExtDatabase
 from playhouse.sqliteq import SqliteQueueDatabase
 
+from frigate.api.app import create_app
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
-from frigate.http import create_app
 from frigate.models import Event, Recordings
 from frigate.plus import PlusApi
 from frigate.stats.emitter import StatsEmitter
diff --git a/frigate/util/builtin.py b/frigate/util/builtin.py
index dcdf21c6a..b015c475b 100644
--- a/frigate/util/builtin.py
+++ b/frigate/util/builtin.py
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ def clean_camera_user_pass(line: str) -> str:
 
 def escape_special_characters(path: str) -> str:
     """Cleans reserved characters to encodings for ffmpeg."""
+    if len(path) > 1000:
+        return ValueError("Input too long to check")
+
     try:
         found = re.search(REGEX_RTSP_CAMERA_USER_PASS, path).group(0)[3:-1]
         pw = found[(found.index(":") + 1) :]