diff --git a/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py b/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
index ea896fad7..6516ddc85 100644
--- a/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
@@ -414,6 +414,11 @@ def get_web_page(url, header=None, update_openlp=False):
             page = None
             if retries > CONNECTION_RETRIES:
                 raise
+        except socket.gaierror:
+            log.exception('Socket gaierror: {}'.format(url))
+            page = None
+            if retries > CONNECTION_RETRIES:
+                raise
         except ConnectionRefusedError:
             log.exception('ConnectionRefused: {}'.format(url))
             page = None
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/http.py b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/http.py
index fbf18d98e..7cb13df3d 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/http.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/http.py
@@ -748,7 +748,10 @@ def get_soup_for_bible_ref(reference_url, header=None, pre_parse_regex=None, pre
     """
     if not reference_url:
         return None
-    page = get_web_page(reference_url, header, True)
+    try:
+        page = get_web_page(reference_url, header, True)
+    except:
+        page = None
     if not page:
         send_error_message('download')
         return None