diff --git a/website/common/locales/en/npc.json b/website/common/locales/en/npc.json
index cb3b592209..01a33788e3 100644
--- a/website/common/locales/en/npc.json
+++ b/website/common/locales/en/npc.json
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
   "wishlist": "Wishlist",
   "items": "Items",
   "wrongItemType": "The item type \"<%= type %>\" is not valid.",
+  "wrongItemPath": "The item path \"<%= path %>\" is not valid.",
   "unpinnedItem": "You unpinned <%= item %>! It will no longer display in your Rewards column.",
   "cannotUnpinArmoirPotion": "The Health Potion and Enchanted Armoire cannot be unpinned.",
   "purchasedItem": "You bought <%= itemName %>",
diff --git a/website/common/script/ops/pinnedGearUtils.js b/website/common/script/ops/pinnedGearUtils.js
index e685b8d93b..2725b2ed69 100644
--- a/website/common/script/ops/pinnedGearUtils.js
+++ b/website/common/script/ops/pinnedGearUtils.js
@@ -122,11 +122,24 @@ function removePinnedItemsByOwnedGear (user) {
 function togglePinnedItem (user, {item, type, path}, req = {}) {
   let arrayToChange;
 
-  if (!path) { // If path isn't passed it means an item was passed
+  if (!path) {
+    // If path isn't passed it means an item was passed
     path = getItemInfo(user, type, item, req.language).path;
+  } else {
+    if (!item) {
+      item = get(content, path);
+    }
+
+    if (!item) {
+      // path not exists in our content structure
+
+      throw new BadRequest(i18n.t('wrongItemPath', {path}, req.language));
+    }
+
+    // check if item exists & valid to be pinned
+    getItemInfo(user, type, item, req.language);
   }
 
-  if (!item) item = get(content, path);
 
   if (path === 'armoire' || path === 'potion') {
     throw new BadRequest(i18n.t('cannotUnpinArmoirPotion', req.language));