diff --git a/cc/search b/cc/search
index ddd3b43..0de89fd 100644
--- a/cc/search
+++ b/cc/search
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 from duckduckgo_search import DDGS
 from sys import argv
-print("Please stand by...")
-request = DDGS().text(" ".join(argv[3:]))
-for i in range(0,3):
-    try:
-        print(request[i]["href"] + " ⁜ " + request[i]["title"] + " ⁜ " + request[i]["body"])
-    except:
-        break
+try:
+    request = DDGS().text(" ".join(argv[3:]))
+    for i in range(0,3):
+        try:
+            print(request[i]["href"] + " ⁜ " + request[i]["title"] + " ⁜ " + request[i]["body"])
+        except:
+            break
+except duckduckgo_search.exceptions.RatelimitException:
+    print("DuckDuckGo was rate limited, please try again later.")
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