diff --git a/app/Billing/StripePaymentGateway.php b/app/Billing/StripePaymentGateway.php
index 6f5a988..0022d26 100644
--- a/app/Billing/StripePaymentGateway.php
+++ b/app/Billing/StripePaymentGateway.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Billing;
 
 use Stripe\Charge;
+use Stripe\Error\InvalidRequest;
 
 class StripePaymentGateway implements PaymentGateway
 {
@@ -15,10 +16,14 @@ class StripePaymentGateway implements PaymentGateway
 
     public function charge($amount, $token)
     {
-        Charge::create([
-            'amount' => $amount,
-            'source' => $token,
-            'currency' => 'usd',
-        ], ['api_key' => $this->apiKey]);
+        try {
+            Charge::create([
+                'amount' => $amount,
+                'source' => $token,
+                'currency' => 'usd',
+            ], ['api_key' => $this->apiKey]);
+        } catch (InvalidRequest $e) {
+            throw new PaymentFailedException;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/Billing/StripePaymentGatewayTest.php b/tests/unit/Billing/StripePaymentGatewayTest.php
index a237bcc..7722700 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Billing/StripePaymentGatewayTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Billing/StripePaymentGatewayTest.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 use App\Billing\StripePaymentGateway;
+use App\Billing\PaymentFailedException;
 
 /**
  * @group integration
@@ -24,6 +25,20 @@ class StripePaymentGatewayTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(2500, $this->lastCharge()->amount);
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    function charges_with_an_invalid_payment_token_fail()
+    {
+        try {
+            $paymentGateway = new StripePaymentGateway(config('services.stripe.secret'));
+            $paymentGateway->charge(2500, 'invalid-payment-token');
+        } catch (PaymentFailedException $e) {
+            $this->assertCount(0, $this->newCharges());
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->fail("Charging with an invalid payment token did not throw a PaymentFailedException.");
+    }
+
     private function lastCharge()
     {
         return array_first(\Stripe\Charge::all(