diff --git a/app/star_citizen.py b/app/star_citizen.py
index baa9e7d0..75d0aaa6 100644
--- a/app/star_citizen.py
+++ b/app/star_citizen.py
@@ -9,8 +9,17 @@ async def get_ship(ship_name):
     base_url = "https://robertspaceindustries.com"
     wiki_url = "https://starcitizen.tools/"
 
-    ship = await Ship(name=ship_name).get_ships_pages_async()
-    ship = ship[0]
+    try:
+        ship = await Ship(name=ship_name).get_ships_pages_async()
+        ship = ship[0]
+    except IndexError:
+        embed = discord.Embed(description="❌", color=discord.Color.red(), type="rich")
+        embed.add_field(
+            name="**Could not find that ship**", value="You gave me %s. Did you spell it right? (Its also possible my shitty code isnt working right)" % ship_name, inline=True
+        )
+        return embed
+
+    # prints for debug
     # pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
     # pp.pprint(ship)