diff --git a/backend/app/services/mediamtx/client.rb b/backend/app/services/mediamtx/client.rb
index 86c27f4..60ec0ee 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/mediamtx/client.rb
+++ b/backend/app/services/mediamtx/client.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ module Mediamtx
     end
 
     def delete_path_name(path_name)
+      return true if path_name.blank?
+
       response = @conn.delete("/v3/config/paths/delete/#{CGI.escape(path_name)}")
+      return true if response.status == 404
+
       unless response.success?
         err = response.body.is_a?(Hash) ? response.body["error"] : response.body
         raise Error, "MediaMTX path delete failed: #{response.status} #{err}"