diff --git a/check_expire b/check_expire
index 8e1ab29..ad51b05 100755
--- a/check_expire
+++ b/check_expire
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ for server in servers:
         server = server[:-1] # Donuts RDAP server balks when there are two slashes and reply 404
         try:
             response = requests.get("%s/domain/%s" % (server, domain), timeout=timeout)
+            if response.status_code != 200:
+                errors += "Invalid RDAP return code at %s: %s " % \
+                    (server, response.status_code)
+            else:
+                found = True
+                break
         except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
             unknowns += "Timeout when trying to reach %s " % server
-        if response.status_code != 200:
-            errors += "Invalid RDAP return code at %s: %s " % \
-                (server, response.status_code)
-        else:
-            found = True
-            break
 if not found:
     if errors != "":
         error(errors)