diff --git a/lib/musicbrainz/client_modules/transparent_proxy.rb b/lib/musicbrainz/client_modules/transparent_proxy.rb
index 28d383f..e3386f6 100644
--- a/lib/musicbrainz/client_modules/transparent_proxy.rb
+++ b/lib/musicbrainz/client_modules/transparent_proxy.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ module MusicBrainz
       def get_contents(url)
         response = http.get(url)
         { body: response.body, status: response.status }
+      rescue Faraday::Error::ClientError
+        { body: nil, status: 500 }
       end
     end
   end