diff --git a/src/aleph_client/asynchronous.py b/src/aleph_client/asynchronous.py
index b287a3dd..e565f0ae 100644
--- a/src/aleph_client/asynchronous.py
+++ b/src/aleph_client/asynchronous.py
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     AggregateMessage,
     StoreMessage,
     ProgramMessage,
-    MessagesResponse,
 )
+from pydantic import ValidationError
 
 from aleph_client.types import Account, StorageEnum, GenericMessage
 from .exceptions import MessageNotFoundError, MultipleMessagesError
+from .models import MessagesResponse
 from .utils import get_message_type_value
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -572,6 +573,8 @@ async def get_messages(
     end_date: Optional[Union[datetime, float]] = None,
     session: Optional[ClientSession] = None,
     api_server: str = settings.API_HOST,
+    ignore_invalid_messages: bool = True,
+    invalid_messages_log_level: Optional[int] = None,
 ) -> MessagesResponse:
     session = session or get_fallback_session()
 
@@ -607,8 +610,37 @@ async def get_messages(
 
     async with session.get(f"{api_server}/api/v0/messages.json", params=params) as resp:
         resp.raise_for_status()
-        messages_json = await resp.json()
-        return MessagesResponse(**messages_json)
+        response_json = await resp.json()
+        messages_raw = response_json["messages"]
+
+        # All messages may not be valid according to the latest specification in
+        # aleph-message. This allows the user to specify how errors should be handled.
+        messages: List[AlephMessage] = []
+        for message_raw in messages_raw:
+            try:
+                message = Message(**message_raw)
+                messages.append(message)
+            except KeyError as e:
+                if not ignore_invalid_messages:
+                    raise e
+                if invalid_messages_log_level:
+                    logger.log(
+                        level=invalid_messages_log_level,
+                        msg=f"KeyError: Field '{e.args[0]}' not found",
+                    )
+            except ValidationError as e:
+                if not ignore_invalid_messages:
+                    raise e
+                if invalid_messages_log_level:
+                    logger.log(level=invalid_messages_log_level, msg=e)
+
+        return MessagesResponse(
+            messages=messages,
+            pagination_page=response_json["pagination_page"],
+            pagination_total=response_json["pagination_total"],
+            pagination_per_page=response_json["pagination_per_page"],
+            pagination_item=response_json["pagination_item"],
+        )
 
 
 async def get_message(
diff --git a/src/aleph_client/models.py b/src/aleph_client/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7dfcd6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/aleph_client/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from typing import List
+
+from aleph_message.models import AlephMessage
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+
+class MessagesResponse(BaseModel):
+    """Response from an Aleph node API on the path /api/v0/messages.json"""
+
+    messages: List[AlephMessage]
+    pagination_page: int
+    pagination_total: int
+    pagination_per_page: int
+    pagination_item: str