diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
index eaff7f2..1801744 100755
--- a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
@@ -303,7 +303,10 @@ end
 for group in @config.keys.sort
 	print "Getting articles for #{group}\n"
 	@articles = Article.new(@config[group]["NNTPSERVER"], group, @config[group]["NEWSRCNAME"])
-	@articles.get_articles(@config[group]["CACHEDIR"])
+	if @articles.get_articles(@config[group]["CACHEDIR"]) == false
+		@articles.quit
+		next
+	end
 
 	unless FileTest.directory?("#{@config[group]["DATADIR"]}/#{group}") or
 			Dir.mkdir("#{@config[group]["DATADIR"]}/#{group}", @config[group]["PERMISSION"].oct)