diff --git a/R/utils-upload.R b/R/utils-upload.R
index 038b81b6..a0e0dd3d 100755
--- a/R/utils-upload.R
+++ b/R/utils-upload.R
@@ -632,8 +632,9 @@ ee_utils_get_crs <- function(code) {
 #' @param code The projection code.
 #' @noRd
 ee_utils_get_crs_web <- function(code) {
-  codetype <- tolower(strsplit(code,":")[[1]][1])
-  ee_code <- strsplit(code,":")[[1]][2]
+  codetype <- tolower(strsplit(code, ":")[[1]][1])
+  ee_code <- strsplit(code, ":")[[1]][2]
+
   if (codetype == 'epsg') {
     format <- "wkt"
     link <- sprintf('https://epsg.io/%s.%s', ee_code, format)
@@ -644,11 +645,18 @@ ee_utils_get_crs_web <- function(code) {
     crs_wkt <- tryCatch(
       expr = suppressWarnings(readLines(link)),
       error = function(e) {
-        message(sprintf("%s is down using %s ...", bold("spatialreference.org"), bold("web.archive.org")))
-        link <- sprintf("https://web.archive.org/web/https://spatialreference.org/ref/%s/%s/%s/", codetype, ee_code, format)
-        suppressWarnings(readLines(link))
+        message(sprintf("%s is down using %s ...", bold("spatialreference.org"), bold("GitHub backup")))
+        sr_org_data <- jsonlite::fromJSON("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OSGeo/spatialreference.org/master/scripts/sr-org.json")
+        match_index <- which(sr_org_data$code == ee_code)
+        
+        if (length(match_index) == 0) {
+          # Instead of stopping, return a warning and a default value or NULL
+          warning(paste("SR-ORG code", ee_code, "not found in the dataset. Returning NULL."))
+          return(NULL)
+        }
+        sr_org_data$ogcwkt[match_index]
       }
     )
   }
-  ee_utils_py_to_r(crs_wkt)
+  return(ee_utils_py_to_r(crs_wkt))
 }
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-ee_utils_get_crs_web.R b/tests/testthat/test-ee_utils_get_crs_web.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69034e95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-ee_utils_get_crs_web.R
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+context("rgee: ee_utils_get_crs_web test")
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ee_utils_get_crs_web <- rgee:::ee_utils_get_crs_web
+ee_utils_get_crs <- rgee:::ee_utils_get_crs
+
+test_that("ee_utils_get_crs handles different code types", {
+    
+    # Test EPSG code
+    epsg_result <- ee_utils_get_crs("EPSG:4326")
+    expect_true(grepl("GEOGCS", epsg_result))
+    expect_true(grepl("WGS 84", epsg_result))
+
+    # Test ESRI code
+    esri_result <- ee_utils_get_crs("ESRI:54009")
+    expect_true(grepl("PROJCS", esri_result))
+    expect_true(grepl("World_Mollweide", esri_result))
+
+    # Test SR-ORG code
+    sr_org_result <- ee_utils_get_crs("SR-ORG:6864")
+    expect_true(grepl("PROJCS", sr_org_result))
+    expect_true(grepl("Pseudo-Mercator", sr_org_result))
+
+    # Test that ee_utils_get_crs correctly uses ee_utils_get_crs_web for SR-ORG codes
+    sr_org_direct <- ee_utils_get_crs_web("SR-ORG:6864")
+    expect_equal(sr_org_result, rgee:::ee_utils_py_to_r(sr_org_direct))
+})
+
+test_that("ee_utils_get_crs_web handles different scenarios correctly", {
+  # Test EPSG code
+  epsg_result <- ee_utils_get_crs_web("EPSG:3857")
+  expect_true(grepl("PROJCS", epsg_result))
+  expect_true(grepl("WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator", epsg_result))
+
+  # Test SR-ORG code
+  sr_org_result <- ee_utils_get_crs_web("SR-ORG:7483")
+  expect_true(grepl("PROJCS", sr_org_result))
+  expect_true(grepl("WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator", sr_org_result))
+
+  # Test non-existent SR-ORG code
+  expect_error(result <- ee_utils_get_crs_web("SR-ORG:99999"))
+})
+
+test_that("ee_utils_get_crs_web handles network errors gracefully", {
+  # Test with an invalid URL to simulate a network error
+  expect_error(ee_utils_get_crs_web("INVALID:1234"))
+})
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