diff --git a/index.mjs b/index.mjs
index 2954074..8f5fef8 100644
--- a/index.mjs
+++ b/index.mjs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const app = express();
 db.prepare("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS articles (id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, url TEXT, html TEXT)").run();
 
 const index = fs.readFileSync("html/index.html", "utf8");
+const error = fs.readFileSync("html/error.html", "utf8");
 const notfound = fs.readFileSync("html/404.html", "utf8");
 
 app.get("/read", async (req, res) => {
@@ -21,22 +22,26 @@ app.get("/read", async (req, res) => {
 
 	const row = db.prepare("SELECT * FROM articles WHERE url = ?").get(url);
 	if (row) {
-		if (!force) {
+		if (force) {
+			db.prepare("UPDATE articles SET url = null WHERE id = ?").run(row.id);
+		} else if (row.html) {
 			return res.redirect(`/read/${row.id}`);
 		} else {
-			db.prepare("UPDATE articles SET url = null WHERE id = ?").run(row.id);
-		}		
+			return res.send(notfound);
+		}
 	}
 	
-	const parsed = await parse(url);
+	const parsed = await parse(url).catch(() => null);
 	const id = nanoid();
 	db.prepare("INSERT INTO articles (id, url, html) VALUES (?, ?, ?)").run(id, url, parsed);
+	if (!parsed) return res.send(error);
 	res.redirect(`/read/${id}`);
 });
 
 app.get("/read/:id", async (req, res, next) => {
 	const row = db.prepare("SELECT * FROM articles WHERE id = ?").get(req.params.id);
 	if (!row) return next();
+	if (!row.html) return res.send(notfound);
 	res.send(row.html);
 });
 
diff --git a/js/parse.mjs b/js/parse.mjs
index 0cbe74e..4f880ea 100644
--- a/js/parse.mjs
+++ b/js/parse.mjs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import fs from "fs";
 import fmtSize from "./size.mjs";
 
 const template = fs.readFileSync("html/article.html", "utf8");
-const error = fs.readFileSync("html/error.html", "utf8");
 const dompurify = createDOMPurify(new JSDOM('').window);
 
 const headers = {
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ export default async function parse(url) {
 	if (content === null) return error;
 
 	const doc = new JSDOM(content, { url });
-	if(!isProbablyReaderable(doc.window.document)) return error;
+	if(!isProbablyReaderable(doc.window.document)) throw "not readerable";
 	
 	const reader = new Readability(doc.window.document);
 	const article = reader.parse();