diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/io/papermc/hangar/service/ValidationService.java b/backend/src/main/java/io/papermc/hangar/service/ValidationService.java
index 224f79e7e..ca7b1140b 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/io/papermc/hangar/service/ValidationService.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/io/papermc/hangar/service/ValidationService.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class ValidationService {
 
     private static final Set<String> BANNED_ROUTES = Set.of("actuator", "admin", "api", "api-docs", "authors", "guidelines", "linkout",
         "logged-out", "markdown", "new", "neworganization", "notifications", "null", "organizations", "privacy", "recommended", "settings",
-        "staff", "terms", "tools", "tos", "undefined", "unread", "version", "paper", "velocity", "waterfall", "spigot", "mojang", "minecraft", "auth", "_nuxt");
+        "staff", "terms", "tools", "tos", "undefined", "unread", "version", "paper", "velocity", "waterfall", "spigot", "mojang", "minecraft", "auth", "_nuxt", "prism");
     private final HangarConfig config;
 
     public ValidationService(final HangarConfig config) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/server/routes/prism/[...].ts b/frontend/src/server/routes/prism/[...].ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..531a202fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/server/routes/prism/[...].ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// to prevent unnecessary profile loads
+export default defineEventHandler((event) => {
+  setResponseStatus(event, 404);
+  return `Unknown language: ${event.context?.params?._?.replace("prism-", "")?.replace(".min.js", "")}`;
+});