diff --git a/mtd/parsers/request_parser.py b/mtd/parsers/request_parser.py
index f2d61fb..ed54972 100644
--- a/mtd/parsers/request_parser.py
+++ b/mtd/parsers/request_parser.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import requests
 from jsonschema.exceptions import ValidationError
 from mtd.parsers import json_parser, xml_parser
-from mtd.exceptions import RequestException, UnsupportedFiletypeError
+from mtd.exceptions import RequestException, MissingResourceError, UnsupportedFiletypeError
 from mtd.parsers.utils import ResourceManifest
 from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
 from lxml import etree
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ class Parser(BaseParser):
     def __init__(self, manifest: ResourceManifest, resource_path: str):
         self.manifest = manifest
         self.type = "json"
-        res = requests.get(resource_path)
+        try:
+            res = requests.get(resource_path)
+        except:
+            raise MissingResourceError(f"{resource_path}")
         if res.status_code >= 200 and res.status_code < 300:
             if "xml" in res.headers['content-type']:
                 self.type = "xml"
diff --git a/mtd/tests/__init__.py b/mtd/tests/__init__.py
index c41c4f6..6091d13 100644
--- a/mtd/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/mtd/tests/__init__.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def emit(self, record):
     'word': 'rød'}
     ]
 
-SAMPLE_DATA_OBJ = [
+SAMPLE_DATA_OBJ_BLANK = [
     {
     'audio': [{'speaker': 'AP', 'filename': 'ap_red.mp3'}, {'speaker': 'AR', 'filename': 'ar_red.mp3'}], 
     'definition': 'red', 
diff --git a/mtd/tests/run.py b/mtd/tests/run.py
index 4364aae..63b2551 100644
--- a/mtd/tests/run.py
+++ b/mtd/tests/run.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(test)
         # for test in [JsonParserTest]
         # for test in (CsvParserTest, PsvParserTest, TsvParserTest, XlsxParserTest)
-        for test in [XlsxParserTest]
+        for test in [RequestsParserTest]
         # for test in (CsvParserTest, DictParserTest, JsonParserTest, PsvParserTest, RequestsParserTest, TsvParserTest, XlsxParserTest, XmlParserTest)
     ]
 
diff --git a/mtd/tests/test_request_parser.py b/mtd/tests/test_request_parser.py
index 535b29c..9824e64 100644
--- a/mtd/tests/test_request_parser.py
+++ b/mtd/tests/test_request_parser.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from mtd.tests.test_data import json as json_path, xml as xml_path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from mtd.parsers import parse
+from mtd.exceptions import MissingResourceError, RequestException, UnsupportedFiletypeError
 
 class RequestsParserTest(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -44,4 +45,22 @@ def test_data_obj_matches_json_sample(self):
         for data in self.json_data:
             parsed_data = parse(self.json_manifest, data[0])
             parsed_data_obj = parsed_data['data'].to_dict(orient='records')
-            self.assertEqual(data[2], parsed_data_obj)
\ No newline at end of file
+            self.assertEqual(data[2], parsed_data_obj)
+
+    def test_no_connection(self):
+        '''Check can't connect to site
+        '''
+        with self.assertRaises(MissingResourceError):
+            parse(self.json_manifest, 'https://foo.bar')
+
+    def test_404(self):
+        '''Test returns request exception from 404
+        '''
+        with self.assertRaises(RequestException):
+            parse(self.json_manifest, 'https://www.google.com/foobar1')
+
+    def test_bad_format(self):
+        '''Check non-json/xml returns unsupported format error
+        '''
+        with self.assertRaises(UnsupportedFiletypeError):
+            parse(self.json_manifest, 'https://google.com')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mtd/tests/test_xlsx_parser.py b/mtd/tests/test_xlsx_parser.py
index b02c291..dfe5746 100644
--- a/mtd/tests/test_xlsx_parser.py
+++ b/mtd/tests/test_xlsx_parser.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from mtd.tests.test_data import xlsx
-from mtd.tests import SAMPLE_DATA_DF, SAMPLE_DATA_OBJ
+from mtd.tests import SAMPLE_DATA_DF, SAMPLE_DATA_OBJ_BLANK
 import os
 from unittest import TestCase
 from mtd.parsers import parse
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def test_data_obj_matches_sample(self):
         '''
         parsed_data = parse(self.manifest, self.data)
         parsed_data_obj = parsed_data['data'].to_dict(orient='records')
-        self.assertEqual(SAMPLE_DATA_OBJ, parsed_data_obj)
+        self.assertEqual(SAMPLE_DATA_OBJ_BLANK, parsed_data_obj)
 
     def test_missing_sheet(self):
         '''Check error raised for missing sheet in 'location'