diff --git a/warcificator/src/main.rs b/warcificator/src/main.rs
index 0450ef4..a2368e7 100644
--- a/warcificator/src/main.rs
+++ b/warcificator/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use async_channel::{Receiver, Sender};
 use std::{env::args, fs, io::stdout, net::SocketAddr};
+use tokio::io::{stderr, AsyncWriteExt};
 use warc::{RecordBuilder, WarcHeader, WarcWriter};
 
 struct FullExchange {
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ async fn main() {
         .filter(|s| s.len() > 0)
         .map(|s| s.to_owned())
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
     let handle = {
         let (sender, receiver) = async_channel::bounded::<String>(1);
         let (res_sender, res_receiver) = async_channel::unbounded::<FullExchange>();
@@ -48,55 +50,67 @@ async fn main() {
 async fn worker(rx: Receiver<String>, tx: Sender<FullExchange>) {
     let client = reqwest::ClientBuilder::default().build().unwrap();
     while let Ok(url) = rx.recv().await {
-        let request = client.get(url).build().unwrap();
-        let mut http_request_builder = http::Request::builder()
-            .method(request.method())
-            .uri(request.url().as_str());
-        for (key, val) in request.headers() {
-            http_request_builder = http_request_builder.header(key, val);
-        }
-        let response = client.execute(request).await.unwrap();
-
-        let ip_address = response.remote_addr();
-
-        let http_request = {
-            http_request_builder
-                .version(response.version())
-                .body("")
-                .unwrap()
-        };
-
-        let http_response = {
-            let mut http_response_builder = http::Response::<()>::builder()
-                .status(response.status())
-                .version(response.version());
-            for (key, val) in response.headers() {
-                http_response_builder = http_response_builder.header(key, val);
+        let res = fetch(&client, url.clone()).await;
+        match res {
+            Ok(ex) => {
+                tx.send(ex).await.unwrap();
             }
-            let body = response.bytes().await.unwrap();
-            http_response_builder.body(body.to_vec()).unwrap()
-        };
-
-        tx.send(FullExchange {
-            socket_addr: ip_address,
-            request: http_request,
-            response: http_response,
-        })
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
+            Err(err) => {
+                stderr()
+                    .write_all(format!("Failed to fetch {}: {:#?}", url.as_str(), err).as_bytes())
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap();
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
+async fn fetch(client: &reqwest::Client, url: String) -> Result<FullExchange, reqwest::Error> {
+    let request = client.get(url).build().unwrap();
+    let mut http_request_builder = http::Request::builder()
+        .method(request.method())
+        .uri(request.url().as_str());
+    for (key, val) in request.headers() {
+        http_request_builder = http_request_builder.header(key, val);
+    }
+    let response = client.execute(request).await?;
+
+    let ip_address = response.remote_addr();
+
+    let http_request = {
+        http_request_builder
+            .version(response.version())
+            .body("")
+            .unwrap()
+    };
+
+    let http_response = {
+        let mut http_response_builder = http::Response::<()>::builder()
+            .status(response.status())
+            .version(response.version());
+        for (key, val) in response.headers() {
+            http_response_builder = http_response_builder.header(key, val);
+        }
+        let body = response.bytes().await?;
+        http_response_builder.body(body.to_vec()).unwrap()
+    };
+
+    Ok(FullExchange {
+        socket_addr: ip_address,
+        request: http_request,
+        response: http_response,
+    })
+}
+
 async fn warc_writer(rx: Receiver<FullExchange>) {
     let mut writer = WarcWriter::new(stdout());
-    let warc_fields = format!("software: preciazo-warcificator/0.0.0\nformat: WARC file version 1.0\nconformsTo: http://www.archive.org/documents/WarcFileFormat-1.0.html");
     writer
         .write(
             &RecordBuilder::default()
                 .version("1.0".to_owned())
                 .warc_type(warc::RecordType::WarcInfo)
                 .header(WarcHeader::ContentType, "application/warc-fields")
-                .body(warc_fields.into())
+                .body(format!("software: preciazo-warcificator/0.0.0\nformat: WARC file version 1.0\nconformsTo: http://www.archive.org/documents/WarcFileFormat-1.0.html").into())
                 .build()
                 .unwrap(),
         )