diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9fe5ce0..bc14693 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::{
+    bail,
     Context,
     Result,
 };
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ use feed_rs::{
 
 use reqwest::{
     IntoUrl,
+    StatusCode,
     Url,
 };
 
@@ -39,6 +41,10 @@ fn fetch_feed(url: impl IntoUrl) -> Result<Feed> {
     let r = reqwest::blocking::get(url)
         .context("Failed to fetch feed")?;
 
+    if r.status() != StatusCode::OK {
+        bail!("Fetched feed returned unuseable status code {}", r.status());
+    }
+
     let content = r.bytes()
         .context("Failed to read feed contents")?;
 
@@ -108,7 +114,13 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     for feed_url in feed_file.urls {
         println!("Loading feed {}", feed_url);
 
-        let feed_entries = fetch_feed(feed_url)?.entries;
+        let feed_entries = match fetch_feed(feed_url) {
+            Ok(feed) => feed.entries,
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("\t{}, skipping", e);
+                continue;
+            },
+        };
 
         for entry in feed_entries {
             match make_feed_item(entry) {