diff --git a/offchain/advance-runner/src/snapshot/config.rs b/offchain/advance-runner/src/snapshot/config.rs
index 3f134bf80..3b25d6d8d 100644
--- a/offchain/advance-runner/src/snapshot/config.rs
+++ b/offchain/advance-runner/src/snapshot/config.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 use clap::Parser;
 use rollups_events::Address;
-use snafu::{ensure, ResultExt, Snafu};
+use snafu::{ensure, Snafu};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use url::Url;
 
@@ -35,19 +35,14 @@ impl SnapshotConfig {
             ensure!(snapshot_latest.is_symlink(), SymlinkSnafu);
 
             let validation_enabled = cli_config.snapshot_validation_enabled;
-            let provider_http_endpoint = if validation_enabled {
-                if let Some(endpoint) = &cli_config.provider_http_endpoint {
-                    let url =
-                        Url::parse(&endpoint).context(EndpointParseSnafu)?;
-                    Some(url)
-                } else {
-                    return Err(
-                        SnapshotConfigError::NoProviderEndpointError {},
-                    );
-                }
-            } else {
-                None
-            };
+            if validation_enabled {
+                ensure!(
+                    cli_config.provider_http_endpoint.is_some(),
+                    NoProviderEndpointSnafu,
+                );
+            }
+
+            let provider_http_endpoint = cli_config.provider_http_endpoint;
 
             Ok(SnapshotConfig::FileSystem(FSManagerConfig {
                 snapshot_dir,
@@ -73,9 +68,6 @@ pub enum SnapshotConfigError {
 
     #[snafu(display("A provider http endpoint is required"))]
     NoProviderEndpointError {},
-
-    #[snafu(display("provider_http_endpoint isn't a valid URL"))]
-    EndpointParseError { source: url::ParseError },
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
@@ -99,6 +91,6 @@ pub struct SnapshotCLIConfig {
 
     /// The endpoint for a JSON-RPC provider.
     /// Required if SNAPSHOT_VALIDATION_ENABLED is `true`
-    #[arg(long, env)]
-    provider_http_endpoint: Option<String>,
+    #[arg(long, env, value_parser = Url::parse)]
+    provider_http_endpoint: Option<Url>,
 }