diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6d42b41..f4d99cbd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ dist
 build
 client
 .gitignore
+
+logs.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/requests/artists.py b/app/requests/artists.py
index f9c1a99b..8c78f517 100644
--- a/app/requests/artists.py
+++ b/app/requests/artists.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import requests
 
 from app import settings
 from app.utils.hashing import create_hash
-from requests import ConnectionError
+from requests import ConnectionError, ReadTimeout
 import urllib.parse
 
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def fetch_similar_artists(name: str):
     try:
         response = requests.get(url, timeout=10)
         response.raise_for_status()
-    except ConnectionError:
+    except (ConnectionError, ReadTimeout):
         return []
 
     data = response.json()
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index a789a3ac..0962bd83 100644
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 This file is used to run the application.
 """
 import logging
+# import sys
 
 from app.api import create_api
 from app.arg_handler import HandleArgs
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ from app.start_info_logger import log_startup_info
 from app.utils.filesystem import get_home_res_path
 from app.utils.threading import background
 
+# sys.stderr = open("./logs.txt", "w")
+
 werkzeug = logging.getLogger("werkzeug")
 werkzeug.setLevel(logging.ERROR)