diff --git a/src/app/List.tsx b/src/app/List.tsx
index 09e27a5..3e2932a 100644
--- a/src/app/List.tsx
+++ b/src/app/List.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ import type { ListConfig, ListResult } from ".";
 
 type Props = { actions?: ReactNode } & Omit<ListConfig, "id">;
 
-const fetcher = (url: string) => fetch(url).then((r) => r.json());
+const fetcher = (url: string) =>
+  fetch(url).then((r) => {
+    if (!r.ok) {
+      throw Error(`Failed to fetch data: ${r.status} ${r.statusText}`);
+    }
+    return r.json();
+  });
 
 const List = ({
   actions,
@@ -48,7 +54,7 @@ const List = ({
     };
   }, [exclude, include, itemSelector, titleSelector, url, linkSelector]);
 
-  const { data, error, isLoading, isValidating } = useSWR<ListResult>(requestUrl, fetcher);
+  const { data, error, isLoading, isValidating } = useSWR<ListResult, Error>(requestUrl, fetcher);
 
   return (
     <Section
@@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ const List = ({
       ) : isLoading ? (
         <p>Loading…</p>
       ) : error ? (
-        <p>Error: {error}</p>
+        <p>Error: {error.message}</p>
       ) : data === undefined || data.items.length === 0 ? (
         <div>
           <p>No results</p>
diff --git a/src/app/api/route.ts b/src/app/api/route.ts
index 95cc037..7591c67 100644
--- a/src/app/api/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/route.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { JSDOM } from "jsdom";
+import { JSDOM, VirtualConsole } from "jsdom";
 import type { ListResult } from "..";
 
 export const GET = async (request: Request) => {
@@ -12,14 +12,18 @@ export const GET = async (request: Request) => {
   const url = requestUrl?.searchParams.get("url");
 
   if (url === null || url === undefined) {
-    return new Response("Missing URL query param", { status: 400 });
+    return new Response(null, { status: 400, statusText: "Missing URL query param" });
   }
 
   if (itemSelector === null || itemSelector === undefined || itemSelector.trim() === "") {
-    return new Response("Missing itemSelector query param", { status: 400 });
+    return new Response(null, { status: 400, statusText: "Missing itemSelector query param" });
   }
 
-  const dom = await JSDOM.fromURL(url);
+  const dom = await createDOM(url);
+
+  if (!dom) {
+    return new Response(null, { status: 500, statusText: "Unable to load URL" });
+  }
 
   const items = selectAll(dom.window.document, itemSelector);
 
@@ -92,3 +96,14 @@ const selectAll = (root: Document | Element, selector: string) => {
     return [];
   }
 };
+
+const createDOM = async (url: string) => {
+  const virtualConsole = new VirtualConsole();
+  try {
+    const dom = await JSDOM.fromURL(url, { virtualConsole });
+    return dom;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error);
+    return null;
+  }
+};