diff --git a/bookwyrm/connectors/connector_manager.py b/bookwyrm/connectors/connector_manager.py
index caf6bcbe..bf3c749d 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/connectors/connector_manager.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/connectors/connector_manager.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """ interface with whatever connectors the app has """
 import importlib
+import logging
 import re
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ from requests import HTTPError
 from bookwyrm import models
 from bookwyrm.tasks import app
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class ConnectorException(HTTPError):
     """ when the connector can't do what was asked """
@@ -44,7 +47,9 @@ def search(query, min_confidence=0.1):
         if result_set in (None, []):
             try:
                 result_set = connector.search(query, min_confidence=min_confidence)
-            except (HTTPError, ConnectorException):
+            except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+                # we don't want *any* error to crash the whole search page
+                logger.exception(e)
                 continue
 
         # if the search results look the same, ignore them