diff --git a/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useInput.ts b/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useInput.ts
index d975edc..19333c9 100644
--- a/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useInput.ts
+++ b/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useInput.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export const useInput: {
                 internalRef.pipe(
                     Effect.andThen(Schema.decode(options.schema)),
                     Effect.andThen(decodedInternalValue => !(options.equivalence ?? Equal.equals)(upstreamValue, decodedInternalValue)),
+                    Effect.catchTag("ParseError", () => Effect.succeed(false)),
                 ),
             )
         ),
diff --git a/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useOptionalInput.ts b/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useOptionalInput.ts
index ea04ee1..d4977d1 100644
--- a/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useOptionalInput.ts
+++ b/packages/effect-fc/src/hooks/Hooks/useOptionalInput.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export const useOptionalInput: {
 
     yield* useFork(() => Effect.all([
         // Sync the upstream state with the internal state
-        // Only mutate the internal state if the upstream encoded value is actually different. This avoids infinite re-render loops.
+        // Only mutate the internal state if the upstream value is actually different. This avoids infinite re-render loops.
         Stream.runForEach(options.ref.changes, Option.match({
             onSome: upstreamValue => Effect.whenEffect(
                 Effect.andThen(
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export const useOptionalInput: {
                 internalRef.pipe(
                     Effect.andThen(Schema.decode(options.schema)),
                     Effect.andThen(decodedInternalValue => !(options.equivalence ?? Equal.equals)(upstreamValue, decodedInternalValue)),
+                    Effect.catchTag("ParseError", () => Effect.succeed(false)),
                 ),
             ),