diff --git a/github_api_req.py b/github_api_req.py
index 738cac5..7c8737a 100644
--- a/github_api_req.py
+++ b/github_api_req.py
@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ def get_milestone_information(repo_uri):
     print(repo_uri_list)
     api_url = "https://api.github.com/repos/" + repo_uri_list[-2]  + "/" + repo_uri_list[-1] + "/milestones"
     headers = {'content-type': 'application/json', 'Accept-Charset': 'UTF-8', 'Authorization': 'bearer ' + key}
-    response = requests.get(url = api_url, headers=headers)
-    response_dict = response.json()
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(url = api_url, headers=headers)
+        response_dict = response.json()
+    except:
+        print('error with the gha request')
+        response_dict = {}
     return response_dict
 
 def parse_milestones(milestones, earliest_date):