diff --git a/services/scraper/index.js b/services/scraper/index.js
index 59faa8bf0..e8a51d337 100644
--- a/services/scraper/index.js
+++ b/services/scraper/index.js
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ const scraper = {
     });
     const html = await res.text();
 
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      let err = new Error(res.statusText);
+      err.response = res;
+      throw err;
+    }
+
     // Get the metadata from the scraped html.
     const meta = await metascraper({
       html,