diff --git a/src/webqueue2api/parser/item.py b/src/webqueue2api/parser/item.py
index 4f6c585..fcef549 100644
--- a/src/webqueue2api/parser/item.py
+++ b/src/webqueue2api/parser/item.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import time
 import email
+from email.policy import Policy
 import re
 import datetime
 from dateutil.parser import parse
@@ -220,9 +221,15 @@ def __parse_sections(self) -> list:
         # Convert list of lines to single string
         raw_item_as_string = "".join(self.__raw_item)
 
+        # Temporarily make the email package raise an error upon encountering a defect in the headers 
+        Policy.raise_on_defect = True
+
         # Parse body
         body_sections = parse_item(raw_item_as_string)
         
+        # Return the email oackage to its normal parsing state
+        Policy.raise_on_defect = False
+
         # Add initial message headers to intial message section
         for index, section in enumerate(body_sections):
             if section["type"] == "initial_message":
diff --git a/src/webqueue2api/parser/parser.py b/src/webqueue2api/parser/parser.py
index 44db3db..24fe3bc 100644
--- a/src/webqueue2api/parser/parser.py
+++ b/src/webqueue2api/parser/parser.py
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 import json
 import string
 import email
-from email.policy import Policy
 import email.errors
 import datetime
 from .utils import format_date_string
 from .errors import ParseError
-Policy.raise_on_defect = True
 
 
 parsed_item = []