diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 267342242..d1dfd8295 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "swarms"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.2.1"
 description = "Swarms - Pytorch"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Kye Gomez <kye@apac.ai>"]
diff --git a/swarms/models/fuyu.py b/swarms/models/fuyu.py
index dd664f516..bba2068c9 100644
--- a/swarms/models/fuyu.py
+++ b/swarms/models/fuyu.py
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ def __call__(self, text: str, img: str):
 
     def get_img_from_web(self, img_url: str):
         """Get the image from the web"""
-        response = requests.get(img_url)
-        image_pil = Image.open(BytesIO(response.content))
-        return image_pil
+        try:        
+            response = requests.get(img_url)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            image_pil = Image.open(BytesIO(response.content))
+            return image_pil
+        except requests.RequestException as error:
+            print(f"Error fetching image from {img_url} and error: {error}")
+            return None
+            
+        
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