diff --git a/server/generator/SockBotSubscriptionServerHealthChecks.cs b/server/generator/SockBotSubscriptionServerHealthChecks.cs
index 3e9dcfe..3c897c7 100644
--- a/server/generator/SockBotSubscriptionServerHealthChecks.cs
+++ b/server/generator/SockBotSubscriptionServerHealthChecks.cs
@@ -63,19 +63,32 @@ namespace Sockeye.Biz
                         {
                             //space things out a bit to not "Hammer" out calls
                             await Task.Delay(1000);//1 second delay between calls
-                            //https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/health-checks?source=recommendations&view=aspnetcore-7.0
-                            //https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/health-checks?source=recommendations&view=aspnetcore-7.0#customize-the-http-status-code
-                            //Basically it returns only plain text 
-                            //http status code = 200 for both Healthy and Degraded
-                            //http status code = 503 for UnHealthy
-                            //for our purposes anything other than 200 and "Healthy" is a problem
-                            
-                            var res = await client.GetAsync($"https://{srv.Name}/health");
-                            var responseText = await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+                                                   //https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/health-checks?source=recommendations&view=aspnetcore-7.0
+                                                   //https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/health-checks?source=recommendations&view=aspnetcore-7.0#customize-the-http-status-code
+                                                   //Basically it returns only plain text 
+                                                   //http status code = 200 for both Healthy and Degraded
+                                                   //http status code = 503 for UnHealthy
+                                                   //for our purposes anything other than 200 and "Healthy" is a problem
+
+                            HttpResponseMessage res = null;
+                            string responseText = string.Empty;
+                            bool Failed = false;
+                            try
+                            {
+                                res = await client.GetAsync($"https://{srv.Name}/health");
+                                responseText = await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+                                if (res.IsSuccessStatusCode && responseText == "Healthy")
+                                    Failed = false;
+                            }
+                            catch (System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException hex)
+                            {
+                                Failed = true;
+                                responseText = $"Failure {hex.Message}";
+                            }
                             srv.LastHealthCheck = DateTime.UtcNow;
                             srv.LastHealthStatus = responseText;
                             log.LogDebug($"Health check server {srv.Name} response {responseText}");
-                            if (res.IsSuccessStatusCode && responseText == "Healthy")
+                            if (!Failed)
                             {
                                 //a-ok
                                 srv.ServerState = ServerState.ActiveHealthy;