diff --git a/.local/bin/get-nasa-apod b/.local/bin/get-nasa-apod
index c873456..6ca8445 100755
--- a/.local/bin/get-nasa-apod
+++ b/.local/bin/get-nasa-apod
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@ echo "Received response from API"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2005
 echo "$(printf '%s' "${response}" | jq '.')"
 echo "Parsing data"
-picture_date="$(printf '%s' "${response}" | jq --raw-output .date)"
-picture_url="$(printf '%s' "${response}" | jq --raw-output .hdurl)"
 rate_remaining="$(printf '%s' "${response}" | jq '."rate-limit"')"
 echo "Remaining requests until rate limit: ${rate_remaining}"
 
+if [ "$(printf '%s' "${response}" | jq 'has("hdurl")')" == "false" ]; then
+    echo "Response contains no download URL"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+picture_date="$(printf '%s' "${response}" | jq --raw-output .date)"
+picture_url="$(printf '%s' "${response}" | jq --raw-output .hdurl)"
+
 echo "Generating output filename"
 extension="${picture_url##*.}"
 filename="${picture_date}.${extension}"