diff --git a/src/studip.py b/src/studip.py
index 8265b19..c6d12be 100755
--- a/src/studip.py
+++ b/src/studip.py
@@ -143,11 +143,14 @@ class Studip:
             #total_size = int(rsp2.headers.get('content-length', 0))
             log.info('downloading ' + doc_name)
             #progbar = tqdm(total=total_size, unit='iB', unit_scale=True)
-            with open(doc_name, 'wb') as doc_file:
-                for chunk in rsp2.iter_content(self.CHUNK_SIZE):
-                    #progbar.update(len(chunk))
-                    doc_file.write(chunk)
-            self.db.set_last_file_dl(str(doc), str(int(time.time())))
+            try:
+                with open(doc_name, 'wb') as doc_file:
+                    for chunk in rsp2.iter_content(self.CHUNK_SIZE):
+                        #progbar.update(len(chunk))
+                        doc_file.write(chunk)
+                self.db.set_last_file_dl(str(doc), str(int(time.time())))
+            except:
+                log.CRITICAL("Error while writing to the file " + doc_name)
 
     def get_subdirs(self, folder):
         """Get all the subdirectories of a given folder.