diff --git a/modules/default/newsfeed/fetcher.js b/modules/default/newsfeed/fetcher.js
index b7511de9..f4fb44d9 100644
--- a/modules/default/newsfeed/fetcher.js
+++ b/modules/default/newsfeed/fetcher.js
@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@ var Fetcher = function(url, reloadInterval, encoding) {
 		nodeVersion = Number(process.version.match(/^v(\d+\.\d+)/)[1]);
 		headers =  {"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Node.js "+ nodeVersion + ") MagicMirror/"  + global.version +  " (https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/)"}
 
-		request({uri: url, encoding: null, headers: headers}).pipe(iconv.decodeStream(encoding)).pipe(parser);
+		request({uri: url, encoding: null, headers: headers})
+			.on("error", function(error) {
+				fetchFailedCallback(self, error);
+				scheduleTimer();
+			})
+			.pipe(iconv.decodeStream(encoding)).pipe(parser);
 
 	};