diff --git a/infrapatch/core/utils/terraform/registry_handler.py b/infrapatch/core/utils/terraform/registry_handler.py
index a2ad26c..2b1dcb6 100644
--- a/infrapatch/core/utils/terraform/registry_handler.py
+++ b/infrapatch/core/utils/terraform/registry_handler.py
@@ -140,8 +140,10 @@ def _send_request(self, url: str, registry_base_domain: str):
             request_object.add_header("Authorization", f"Bearer {token}")
         else:
             log.debug(f"No credentials found for registry '{registry_base_domain}', using unauthenticated request.")
-
-        response = request.urlopen(request_object)
+        try:
+            response = request.urlopen(request_object)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise TerraformRegistryException(f"Registry request returned an error '{url}': {e}")
         if response.status == 404:
             raise TerraformRegistryException(f"Registry resource '{url}' not found.")
         elif response.status >= 400: