diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
index bedc371c..e7292fee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
@@ -328,11 +328,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractRipper
         } catch (HttpStatusException e) {
             logger.error("Got exception while running ripper:", e);
             waitForThreads();
-            sendUpdate(STATUS.RIP_ERRORED, "Status=" + e.getStatusCode() + ", URL=" + e.getUrl());
+            sendUpdate(STATUS.RIP_ERRORED, "HTTP status code " + e.getStatusCode() + " for URL " + e.getUrl());
         } catch (IOException e) {
             logger.error("Got exception while running ripper:", e);
             waitForThreads();
             sendUpdate(STATUS.RIP_ERRORED, e.getMessage());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Got exception while running ripper:", e);
+            waitForThreads();
+            sendUpdate(STATUS.RIP_ERRORED, e.getMessage());
         } finally {
             cleanup();
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/InstagramRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/InstagramRipper.java
index 95a2a0c9..9de14f86 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/InstagramRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/InstagramRipper.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
@@ -109,7 +110,12 @@ public class InstagramRipper extends AbstractJSONRipper {
         String baseURL = "http://iconosquare.com/controller_nl.php?action=getPhotoUserPublic&user_id="
                         + userID;
         logger.info("Loading " + baseURL);
-        return Http.url(baseURL).getJSON();
+        try {
+            JSONObject result = Http.url(baseURL).getJSON();
+            return result;
+        } catch (JSONException e) {
+            throw new IOException("Could not get instagram user via iconosquare", e);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override