diff --git a/app/Services/UpdateService.php b/app/Services/UpdateService.php
index 3b8ce34..335c827 100644
--- a/app/Services/UpdateService.php
+++ b/app/Services/UpdateService.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use App\Repositories\LocationRepository;
 use App\Models\Source;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
+use GuzzleHttp\Exception\ConnectException;
 
 class UpdateService
 {
@@ -26,18 +27,27 @@ class UpdateService
         $checked = [];
         //checks source url to make sure they valid
         foreach ($sources as $source) {
-            if ($this->urlExists('https://' . $source->url)) {
-                $result = [];
-                if ($source['type'] == 'mastodon') {
-                    if ($source['token'] == null) {
+            $result = [];
+            if ($source['type'] == 'mastodon') {
+                if ($source['token'] == null) {
+                    try {
                         $result = \Mastodon::domain('https://' . $source['url'])
                             ->get('/instance/domain_blocks');
-                    } else {
+                        array_push($checked, ['source' => $source->url]);
+                    } catch (ConnectException $e) {
+                        array_push($missing, ['source' => $source->url]);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    try {
                         $result = \Mastodon::domain('https://' . $source['url'])
                             ->token($source['token'])
                             ->get('/instance/domain_blocks');
+                        array_push($checked, ['source' => $source->url]);
+                    } catch (ConnectException $e) {
                     }
-                } elseif ($source['type'] == 'custom' && $source['format'] == 'csv') {
+                }
+            } elseif ($source['type'] == 'custom' && $source['format'] == 'csv') {
+                try {
                     $denylist = array_map('str_getcsv', file('https://' . $source['url']));
                     foreach ($denylist as $item) {
                         array_push($result, [
@@ -45,11 +55,12 @@ class UpdateService
                             'severity' => $item[1],
                             'comment'  => $item[2]]);
                     }
+                    array_push($checked, ['source' => $source->url]);
+                } catch (Exception $e) {
+                    array_push($missing, ['source' => $source->url]);
                 }
-                array_push($checked, ['source' => $source->url]);
-            } else {
-                array_push($missing, ['source' => $source->url]);
-            };
+            }
+
             $source->list_data    = json_encode($result);
             $source->last_updated = Carbon::now();
             $source->save();