diff --git a/media/forms.py b/media/forms.py
index 5dfc41b..6445566 100644
--- a/media/forms.py
+++ b/media/forms.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import re
 import unicodedata
+from urllib.error import HTTPError
 import urllib.request
 
 from django.db.models import QuerySet
@@ -95,8 +96,11 @@ class MediaAdminForm(ModelForm):
         api_url = "https://api2.isbndb.com/book/" + str(isbn) + "?Authorization=" + os.getenv("ISBNDB_KEY")
         req = urllib.request.Request(api_url)
         req.add_header("Authorization", os.getenv("ISBNDB_KEY"))
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as url:
-            data: dict = json.loads(url.read().decode())["book"]
+        try:
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as url:
+                data: dict = json.loads(url.read().decode())["book"]
+        except HTTPError:
+            return False
         print(data)
         data.setdefault("title", "")
         data.setdefault("date_published", "1970-01-01")