diff --git a/get_def.py b/get_def.py
index 3280a10..6294169 100644
--- a/get_def.py
+++ b/get_def.py
@@ -25,16 +25,26 @@ from rich.text import Text
 def main():
     args = docopt(__doc__)
 
-    api_url = "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/en/"
-    word_url = api_url + args["WORD"]
+    api_url = f"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/en/{args['WORD']}"
 
-    response = requests.get(word_url, timeout=60)
-
-    if response.status_code == 404:
-        exit("Sorry, we couldn't find definitions for the word you were looking for.")
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(api_url, timeout=30)
+        if response.status_code == 404:
+            exit(
+                "Sorry, we couldn't find definitions for the word you were looking for."
+            )
+    except requests.Timeout:
+        exit(
+            "The connection has timed out. This might indicate an issue with DNS, firewall, or your internet connection."
+        )
 
     word = response.json()[0].get("word")
 
+    console = Console(width=100)
+    print()
+    print(" :arrow_forward: ", Text(word, style="bold red", justify="center"))
+    print()
+
     phonetics = response.json()[0].get("phonetics")
     phonetics_table = Table(box=box.SQUARE)
     phonetics_table.add_column("Phonetic Text", style="cyan")
@@ -44,22 +54,15 @@ def main():
             text = item.get("text") if item.get("text") else "None"
             audio = item.get("audio") if item.get("audio") else "None"
             phonetics_table.add_row(text, audio)
-
-    meanings = response.json()[0].get("meanings")
-
-    console = Console(width=100)
-    print()
-    print(" :arrow_forward: ", Text(word, style="bold red", justify="center"))
-    print()
-
-    console.print(phonetics_table)
+        console.print(phonetics_table)
 
     print(
         "Click to view [link=https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/IPAcharts/inter_chart_2018/IPA_2018.html]Interactive IPA chart[/link]"
     )
     print()
 
-    # console.rule()
+    meanings = response.json()[0].get("meanings")
+
     for item in meanings:
         print(f"[bold]{meanings.index(item) + 1}. [underline]{item["partOfSpeech"]}")
         for definition in item["definitions"]:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0c9d906..0e83d87 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "get-def"
-version = "0.3"
+version = "0.4"
 authors = [
         { name="Jeffrey Serio", email="hyperreal@fedoraproject.org" },
 ]