diff --git a/src/ExtraInfoDownloader.java b/src/ExtraInfoDownloader.java
index 6ab7143..d8f6719 100644
--- a/src/ExtraInfoDownloader.java
+++ b/src/ExtraInfoDownloader.java
@@ -10,20 +10,28 @@ public class ExtraInfoDownloader {
         + authority + "... ");
     Stack<String> extraInfos = new Stack<String>();
     for (String fingerprint : directories.keySet()) {
-      BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(new URL(
-          "http://" + authority + "/tor/extra/fp/" + fingerprint).
-          openStream());
-      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-      int len;
-      byte[] data = new byte[1024];
-      while ((len = in.read(data, 0, 1024)) >= 0) {
-        sb.append(new String(data, 0, len));
-      }
-      in.close();
-      String extraInfo = sb.toString();
-      if (extraInfo.length() > 0) {
-        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new StringReader(extraInfo));
-        rdp.parse(br);
+      URL u = new URL("http://" + authority + "/tor/extra/fp/"
+          + fingerprint);
+      HttpURLConnection huc = (HttpURLConnection) u.openConnection();
+      huc.setRequestMethod("GET");
+      huc.connect();
+      int response = huc.getResponseCode();
+      if (response == 200) {
+        BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(
+            huc.getInputStream());
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        int len;
+        byte[] data = new byte[1024];
+        while ((len = in.read(data, 0, 1024)) >= 0) {
+          sb.append(new String(data, 0, len));
+        }
+        in.close();
+        String extraInfo = sb.toString();
+        if (extraInfo.length() > 0) {
+          BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(
+              new StringReader(extraInfo));
+          rdp.parse(br);
+        }
       }
     }
     System.out.println("done");