diff --git a/colors.py b/colors.py
index 797f766..ff70508 100644
--- a/colors.py
+++ b/colors.py
@@ -6,22 +6,24 @@ import log,variables
 values = ["red","orange","yellow","green","blue","purple","brown","gray","special","limited"]
 numbers = ["01","02","03","04","05","06","07","08","09","10","11","12","13","14","15","16","17","18","19","20"]
 
-print("Getting list of deck colours")
-
 deckkey = {}
 
-request = requests.get("https://colors-tcg.eu/cards.php?view=alpha")
-alldecks = open("key.html","w")
-alldecks.write(request.text)
-alldecks.close()
+try: 
+    request = requests.get("https://colors-tcg.eu/cards.php?view=alpha")
+    print("Getting list of deck colours")
+    alldecks = open("key.html","w")
+    alldecks.write(request.text)
+    alldecks.close()
 
-# need to correct some html issues
+    # need to correct some html issues
 
-with open("key.html","r") as file:
-    filedata = file.read()
-filedata = filedata.replace("</td></td>","</td>")
-with open("key.html","w") as file:
-    file.write(filedata)
+    with open("key.html","r") as file:
+        filedata = file.read()
+    filedata = filedata.replace("</td></td>","</td>")
+    with open("key.html","w") as file:
+        file.write(filedata)
+except:
+    print("Using cached version of decklist")
 
 with open("key.html") as decks:
     decksoup = BeautifulSoup(decks, "html.parser")