diff --git a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/Searches.cs b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/Searches.cs
index dfd1a8a..21eb45d 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/Searches.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/Searches.cs
@@ -399,10 +399,14 @@ public partial class Searches : EllieModule<SearchesService>
     [Cmd]
     public async Task Catfact()
     {
-        using var http = _httpFactory.CreateClient();
-        var response = await http.GetStringAsync("https://catfact.ninja/fact");
+        var maybeFact = await _service.GetCatFactAsync();
+
+        if (!maybeFact.TryPickT0(out var fact, out var error))
+        {
+            await HandleErrorAsync(error);
+            return;
+        }
 
-        var fact = JObject.Parse(response)["fact"].ToString();
         await Response().Confirm("🐈" + GetText(strs.catfact), fact).SendAsync();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/SearchesService.cs b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/SearchesService.cs
index f7406cf..4ff9358 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/SearchesService.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/SearchesService.cs
@@ -2,14 +2,8 @@
 using EllieBot.Modules.Searches.Common;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
-using OneOf.Types;
-using SixLabors.Fonts;
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp;
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Drawing.Processing;
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing;
-using Color = SixLabors.ImageSharp.Color;
-using Image = SixLabors.ImageSharp.Image;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using OneOf;
 
 namespace EllieBot.Modules.Searches.Services;
 
@@ -458,6 +452,21 @@ public class SearchesService : IEService
             return ErrorType.Unknown;
         }
     }
+
+    public async Task<OneOf<string, ErrorType>> GetCatFactAsync()
+    {
+        using var http = _httpFactory.CreateClient();
+        var response = await http.GetStringAsync("https://catfact.ninja/fact").ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(response);
+
+        if (!doc.RootElement.TryGetProperty("fact", out var factElement))
+        {
+            return ErrorType.Unknown;
+        }
+
+        return factElement.ToString();
+    }
 }
 
 public enum ErrorType