diff --git a/src/cache.rs b/src/cache.rs
index 70fc586..bee5da6 100644
--- a/src/cache.rs
+++ b/src/cache.rs
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ const MAX_CACHE_AGE : i64 = 86400;
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct InstanceCache {
-	store: RwLock<HashMap<String, (i64, serde_json::Value)>>,
+	store: RwLock<HashMap<String, (i64, Option<serde_json::Value>)>>,
 }
 
 impl InstanceCache {
-	pub async fn instance_metadata(&self, domain: &str) -> reqwest::Result<serde_json::Value> {
+	pub async fn instance_metadata(&self, domain: &str) -> reqwest::Result<Option<serde_json::Value>> {
 		let now = Utc::now().timestamp();
 
 		if let Some((age, value)) = self.store.read().await.get(domain) {
@@ -24,15 +24,18 @@ impl InstanceCache {
 			}
 		}
 
-		let value = reqwest::Client::builder()
+		let response = reqwest::Client::builder()
 			.timeout(Duration::from_secs(5))
 			.build()?
 			.get(format!("https://{}/nodeinfo/2.0.json", domain))
 			.send()
-			.await?
-			.json::<serde_json::Value>()
 			.await?;
 
+		let value = response
+			.json::<serde_json::Value>()
+			.await
+			.ok();
+
 		self.store.write().await.insert(domain.to_string(), (now, value.clone()));
 
 		Ok(value)
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c65dd83..b573b43 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ async fn scan_instance(domain: &str, map: Arc<Mutex<Map>>) -> Option<()> {
 
 	tracing::debug!("scanning instance {}", domain);
 	let response = match CACHE.instance_metadata(domain).await {
-		Ok(r) => r,
+		Ok(Some(r)) => r,
+		Ok(None) => {
+			tracing::info!("instance {} doesn't provide metadata", domain);
+			return None
+		},
 		Err(e) => {
 			tracing::warn!("could not fetch metadata for {}: {}", domain, e);
 			return None