diff --git a/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb b/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb
index 543cf94..99ab97a 100755
--- a/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb
+++ b/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb
@@ -128,21 +128,26 @@ end
 for podcast in @podcasts.keys.sort
 	files = Array.new
 	puts podcast
-	res = fetch(@podcasts[podcast]["rss"])
-	@filelist = {}
-
-	xmldoc = REXML::Document.new(res.body)
-	xmldoc.elements.each("rss/channel/item") {|item|
-		files.push getenclosure(podcast, item)
-	}
-	if @podcasts[podcast]["delete"]
-		deleteold(podcast)
-	end
-	if @podcasts[podcast]["m3u"]
-		File.open(@podcasts[podcast]["m3u"], "w"){|f|
-			files.each{|file|
-				f.puts file
-			}
+	begin
+		res = fetch(@podcasts[podcast]["rss"])
+		@filelist = {}
+	
+		xmldoc = REXML::Document.new(res.body)
+		xmldoc.elements.each("rss/channel/item") {|item|
+			files.push getenclosure(podcast, item)
 		}
+		if @podcasts[podcast]["delete"]
+			deleteold(podcast)
+		end
+		if @podcasts[podcast]["m3u"]
+			File.open(@podcasts[podcast]["m3u"], "w"){|f|
+				files.each{|file|
+					f.puts file
+				}
+			}
+		end
+	rescue
+		rescue Timeout::Error, Errno::EHOSTUNREACH, Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Errno::ECONNRESET, Errno::ETIMEDOUT, Net::HTTPFatalError
+			puts "	error #{$!} fetching, skipping"
 	end
 end