diff --git a/oml/meta/loc.py b/oml/meta/loc.py
index ebac04d..5283e83 100644
--- a/oml/meta/loc.py
+++ b/oml/meta/loc.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def get_ids(key, value):
     ids = []
     if key == 'isbn':
         url = 'http://www.loc.gov/search/?q=%s&all=true' % value
-        html = ox.cache.read_url(url).decode('utf-8')
+        html = ox.cache.read_url(url).decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
         match = re.search('"http://lccn.loc.gov/(\d+)"', html)
         if match:
             ids.append(('lccn', match.group(1)))
diff --git a/oml/meta/openlibrary.py b/oml/meta/openlibrary.py
index 7054a43..365d183 100644
--- a/oml/meta/openlibrary.py
+++ b/oml/meta/openlibrary.py
@@ -164,9 +164,15 @@ class API(object):
                 data[key] = json.dumps(data[key])
         url = self.base + '/' + action + '?' + urlencode(data)
         if timeout is None:
-            result = json.loads(read_url(url).decode('utf-8'))
+            r = read_url(url).decode('utf-8')
+            if '504 Gateway Time-out' in r:
+                r = read_url(url, timeout=-1).decode('utf-8')
+            result = json.loads(r)
         else:
-            result = json.loads(read_url(url, timeout=timeout).decode('utf-8'))
+            r = read_url(url, timeout).decode('utf-8')
+            if '504 Gateway Time-out' in r:
+                r = read_url(url, timeout=-1).decode('utf-8')
+            result = json.loads(r)
         if 'status' in result and result['status'] == 'error' or 'error' in result:
             logger.info('FAILED %s %s', action, data)
             logger.info('URL %s', url)
diff --git a/oml/metaserver.py b/oml/metaserver.py
index 5e35b33..42f0b9f 100644
--- a/oml/metaserver.py
+++ b/oml/metaserver.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def getMetadata(data):
     key, value = next(iter(data.items()))
     if key == 'isbn':
         value = utils.normalize_isbn(value)
+    logger.debug('getMetadata key=%s value=%s', key, value)
     response = meta.lookup(key, value)
     if response:
         response['primaryid'] = [key, value]