diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
index b2e44ba..2cc42db 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ def add(messid, id, subject)
 end
 
 def get_articles(group, cachedir=false)
-	resp, count, first, last, name = @nntp.group(group)
+	begin
+		resp, count, first, last, name = @nntp.group(group)
+	rescue Net::NNTP::RuntimeError
+		print "Couldn't open group: #{group}\n"
+		return false
+	end
 	read_cache(group, cachedir, first, last)
 	range = Set::IntSpan.new("#{first}-#{last}")
 	for i in (range.diff(@skip_ids).elements)
@@ -61,7 +66,11 @@ end
 def get_group_body(subj)
 	result = []
 	for i in @groups[subj]["messages"][1..@groups[subj]["messages"].length]
-		resp, id, messid, list = @nntp.body(i)
+		begin
+			resp, id, messid, list = @nntp.body(i)
+		rescue Net::NNTPReplyError
+			print "Caught Net::NNTPReplyError reading article #{@groups[subj]["messages"][0]}\n"
+		end
 		result = list
 	end
 	return result
@@ -236,7 +245,7 @@ def _uudecode_file(file, outfile)
 		print "line: #{line}" if Debuglevel > 0
 		if  line =~ /^begin(.*)/
 			m = $1
-			print "beginning matched; rest: #{m}\n"
+			print "beginning matched; rest: #{m}\n"  if Debuglevel > 0
 			if m =~ /^(\s+(\d+))?(\s+(.*?\S))?\s*\Z/
 				mode = $2
 				filename = $4
@@ -251,7 +260,7 @@ def _uudecode_file(file, outfile)
 	print "not uuencoded!\n" if file.eof
 	print "c: #{c} mark: #{mark} lines: #{lines}\n" if Debuglevel > 1
 
-	print "UUdecoding...\n"
+	print "	UUdecoding...\n"
 
 	while (! file.eof)
 		if Debuglevel > 1
@@ -298,7 +307,7 @@ def _uudecode_array(data)
 		print "i #{i}\n"
 		if  data[i] =~ /^begin(.*)/
 			m = $1
-			print "beginning matched; rest: #{m}\n"
+			print "beginning matched; rest: #{m}\n" if Debuglevel > 0
 			if m =~ /^(\s+(\d+))?(\s+(.*?\S))?\s*\Z/
 				mode = $2
 				file = $4