diff --git a/bin/embedly_oembed b/bin/embedly_oembed
index d45d444..da946ef 100755
--- a/bin/embedly_oembed
+++ b/bin/embedly_oembed
@@ -65,5 +65,11 @@ Embedly::Config.logging = true if options.verbose
 
 options.args[:urls] = ARGV
 api = Embedly::API.new options.marshal_dump
-objs = [api.send(action.to_sym, options.args)].flatten.collect{|o| o.marshal_dump}
-puts JSON.pretty_generate(objs)
+begin
+  objs = [api.send(action.to_sym, options.args)].flatten.collect{|o| o.marshal_dump}
+  puts JSON.pretty_generate(objs)
+rescue Embedly::BadResponseException => e
+  puts "#{e.response.code} :: #{e.response.message}"
+end
+
+
diff --git a/lib/embedly/api.rb b/lib/embedly/api.rb
index 099ee08..c2f66d0 100644
--- a/lib/embedly/api.rb
+++ b/lib/embedly/api.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 require 'json'
 require 'ostruct'
 require 'embedly/model'
+require 'embedly/exceptions'
 require 'querystring'
 
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ def apicall opts
 
       host, port = uri_parse(endpoint)
       response = Net::HTTP.start(host, port) do |http|
-        http.get(path, {'User-Agent' => user_agent})
+        http.get(path, {'User-Agent' => user_agent, 'Referer' => 'Your mom', 'X-Real-IP' => '204.9.220.42'})
       end
 
       if response.code.to_i == 200
@@ -117,8 +118,8 @@ def apicall opts
           Embedly::EmbedlyObject.new(o)
         end
       else
-        logger.error { response.inspect }
-        raise 'An unexpected error occurred'
+        logger.debug { response }
+        raise Embedly::BadResponseException.new response
       end
 
       # re-insert rejects into response
diff --git a/lib/embedly/exceptions.rb b/lib/embedly/exceptions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..973d581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/embedly/exceptions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class Embedly::BadResponseException < RuntimeError
+  attr_accessor :response
+
+  def initialize response
+    @response ||= response
+  end
+end