1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/s2.py b/s2.py
index f3b1176f..ca03e22e 100644
--- a/s2.py
+++ b/s2.py
@@ -122,8 +122,11 @@ class SemanticScholarAPI(object):
 
     @staticmethod
     def fetch_file(url, fn, **kwargs):
-        resp = requests.get(url, params=kwargs, headers=SemanticScholarAPI.headers, verify=False)
-        if resp.status_code != 200:
+        try:
+            resp = requests.get(url, params=kwargs, headers=SemanticScholarAPI.headers, verify=False)
+            if resp.status_code != 200:
+                return None
+        except:
             return None
         size = 0
         with open(fn, 'wb') as f: