diff --git a/addons/pad/pad.py b/addons/pad/pad.py
index c7641540a0a..d2b9b6cd27e 100644
--- a/addons/pad/pad.py
+++ b/addons/pad/pad.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ from tools.translate import _
 from openerp.tools.misc import html2plaintext
 from py_etherpad import EtherpadLiteClient
 
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 class pad_common(osv.osv_memory):
     _name = 'pad.common'
 
@@ -59,10 +61,13 @@ class pad_common(osv.osv_memory):
     def pad_get_content(self, cr, uid, url, context=None):
         content = ''
         if url:
-            page = urllib2.urlopen('%s/export/html'%url).read()
-            mo = re.search('<body>(.*)</body>',page)
-            if mo:
-                content = mo.group(1)
+            try:
+                page = urllib2.urlopen('%s/export/html'%url).read()
+                mo = re.search('<body>(.*)</body>',page)
+                if mo:
+                    content = mo.group(1)
+            except:
+                _logger.warning("No url found '%s'.", url)
         return content
 
     # TODO