diff --git a/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/OB30Inspector.java b/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/OB30Inspector.java
index a775f0c..e616709 100644
--- a/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/OB30Inspector.java
+++ b/inspector-vc/src/main/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/OB30Inspector.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import static org.oneedtech.inspect.core.report.ReportUtil.onProbeException;
 import static org.oneedtech.inspect.util.code.Defensives.*;
 import static org.oneedtech.inspect.util.json.ObjectMapperCache.Config.DEFAULT;
 import static org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.Credential.CREDENTIAL_KEY;
+import static org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.VerifiableCredential.REFRESH_SERVICE_MIME_TYPES;
 import static org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.VerifiableCredential.ProofType.EXTERNAL;
 import static org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.payload.PayloadParser.fromJwt;
 import static org.oneedtech.inspect.vc.util.JsonNodeUtil.asNodeList;
@@ -200,9 +201,11 @@ public class OB30Inspector extends VCInspector implements SubInspector {
 			if(resource.getContext().get(REFRESHED) != TRUE) {
 				Optional<String> newID = checkRefreshService(ob, ctx);
 				if(newID.isPresent()) {
-					return this.run(
-						new UriResource(new URI(newID.get()))
-							.setContext(new ResourceContext(REFRESHED, TRUE)));
+					// If the refresh is not successful, continue the verification process using the original OpenBadgeCredential.
+					UriResource uriResource = new UriResource(new URI(newID.get()), null, REFRESH_SERVICE_MIME_TYPES);
+					if (uriResource.exists()) {
+						return this.run(uriResource.setContext(new ResourceContext(REFRESHED, TRUE)));
+					}
 				}
 			}