diff --git a/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py b/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
index 547ed2e40..283979fb6 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 import random
 import re
+from html import unescape
+
+from django.utils.dateparse import parse_duration
 from isodate import parse_duration as iso_parse_duration
 from isodate.isoerror import ISO8601Error
+from recipe_scrapers._utils import get_minutes
 
+from cookbook.helper import recipe_url_import as helper
 from cookbook.helper.ingredient_parser import IngredientParser
 from cookbook.models import Keyword
-from django.utils.dateparse import parse_duration
-from html import unescape
-from recipe_scrapers._utils import get_minutes
 
 
 def get_from_scraper(scrape, request):
@@ -96,8 +98,9 @@ def get_from_scraper(scrape, request):
         recipe_json['keywords'] = keywords
 
     ingredient_parser = IngredientParser(request, True)
+
+    ingredients = []
     try:
-        ingredients = []
         for x in scrape.ingredients():
             try:
                 amount, unit, ingredient, note = ingredient_parser.parse(x)
diff --git a/cookbook/views/api.py b/cookbook/views/api.py
index 8b3ff8fb9..69f19255d 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/api.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/api.py
@@ -1000,7 +1000,16 @@ def recipe_from_source(request):
                 },
                 status=400
             )
-        if len(scrape.ingredients()) and len(scrape.instructions()) == 0:
+
+        try:
+            instructions = scrape.instructions()
+        except Exception:
+            instructions = ""
+        try:
+            ingredients = scrape.ingredients()
+        except Exception:
+            ingredients = []
+        if len(ingredients) + len(instructions) == 0:
             return JsonResponse(
                 {
                     'error': True,