diff --git a/oxdata/movie/imdbids.py b/oxdata/movie/imdbids.py
index 2cf36b0..abf4671 100644
--- a/oxdata/movie/imdbids.py
+++ b/oxdata/movie/imdbids.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import re
 import sys
+import time
 
 from django.conf import settings
 import lxml.html
@@ -20,6 +21,14 @@ DAY = 24 * 60 * 60
 TIMEOUT = 90 * DAY
 DATA_ROOT = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'imdb')
 
+def read_url(url, timeout):
+    data = ox.web.imdb.read_url(url, unicode=True, timeout=timeout)
+    while '>500 Error - IMDb<' in data:
+        print('Error', url)
+        time.sleep(10)
+        data = ox.web.imdb.read_url(url, unicode=True, timeout=0)
+    return data
+
 def get_range(from_, to):
     base_url = 'http://www.imdb.com'
     url = '%s/search/title?adult=include&release_date=%s,%s&sort=release_date,asc&count=50' % (base_url, from_, to)
@@ -44,7 +53,7 @@ def get_film_count(year, month=None, day=None):
         url = get_month(year, month)
     else:
         url = get_year(year)
-    data = ox.web.imdb.read_url(url, unicode=True, timeout=TIMEOUT)
+    data = read_url(url, timeout=TIMEOUT)
     total = re.compile('<span class="lister-current-last-item">50</span>.*?of (.*?) titles', re.DOTALL).findall(data)
     if not total:
         total = re.compile(' ([\d+,]+) titles\n', re.DOTALL).findall(data)
@@ -149,7 +158,7 @@ def update_ids(year, month=None, day=None, sort=None):
     else:
         urls = [url]
     for url in urls:
-        data = ox.web.imdb.read_url(url, unicode=True, timeout=TIMEOUT)
+        data = read_url(url, timeout=TIMEOUT)
         n = True
         page = 2
         while n:
@@ -163,6 +172,7 @@ def update_ids(year, month=None, day=None, sort=None):
                 article = article[0]
             else:
                 print('no article on', '%s&page=%s' % (url, page-2))
+                ox.web.imdb.delete_url('%s&page=%s' % (url, page-2))
                 break
             for content in article.find_class('lister-item-content'):
                 header = content.find_class('lister-item-header')[0]
@@ -221,7 +231,7 @@ def update_ids(year, month=None, day=None, sort=None):
             #print(key, len(films), 'films')
             if n:
                 #print(n)
-                data = ox.web.imdb.read_url(n, unicode=True, timeout=TIMEOUT)
+                data = read_url(n, timeout=TIMEOUT)
     path = get_path('ids/%s.json' % key)
     with open(path, 'w') as fd:
         json.dump(films, fd, indent=4, ensure_ascii=False, sort_keys=True)