diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedFetcher.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedFetcher.java
index e4ab9b80..822225a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedFetcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedFetcher.java
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ public class FeedFetcher {
 					result = getter.getBinary(extractedUrl, lastModified, eTag, timeout);
 					content = result.getContent();
 					fetchedFeed = parser.parse(feedUrl, content);
+				} else {
+					throw e;
 				}
 			} else {
 				throw e;