diff --git a/nise-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/nisemoe/nise/osu/OsuApi.kt b/nise-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/nisemoe/nise/osu/OsuApi.kt
index 87f2244..ec40445 100644
--- a/nise-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/nisemoe/nise/osu/OsuApi.kt
+++ b/nise-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/nisemoe/nise/osu/OsuApi.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service
+import java.io.IOException
 import java.net.URI
 import java.net.URLEncoder
 import java.net.http.HttpClient
@@ -346,7 +347,12 @@ class OsuApi(
         val waitTimes = listOf(15L, 30L, 60L)
 
         for (waitTime in waitTimes) {
-            val response = httpClient.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString())
+            val response = try {
+                httpClient.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString())
+            } catch (ex: IOException) {
+                // Some transport level exception might be thrown, continue with the retry backoff and see if it fixes itself
+                continue
+            }
 
             this.logger.debug("Request: {}", request.uri())
             this.logger.debug("Result: {}", response.statusCode())