diff --git a/wp-fingerprint.py b/wp-fingerprint.py
index 6f2e222..dcee685 100644
--- a/wp-fingerprint.py
+++ b/wp-fingerprint.py
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 def main():
 	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("Detects WP version from readme.html or meta tag")
 	parser.add_argument("-t", "--target", action="append", dest="targets", help="Add a target to scan")
+	parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", dest="verbose", help="Turn on verbose mode. Useful for seeing the details of errors")
 
 	args = parser.parse_args()
 
 	if args.targets != None:
-		scan(args.targets)
+		scan(args.targets, args.verbose)
 
-def scan(targets):
+def scan(targets, verbose):
 	for target in targets:
 		if not target[:5] == "http:" and not target[:6] == "https:":
 			target = "http://" + target
@@ -20,22 +21,28 @@ def scan(targets):
 		tlurl = urlparse(tltarget)
 		target = target + '/readme.html'
 		url = urlparse(target)
-		r = requests.get(url.geturl())
-		if r.status_code != 200:
-			t = requests.get(tlurl.geturl())
-			w = re.compile(r'<meta name\=\"generator\" content\=\"(WordPress \d+\.\d+\.?(\d+)?)\" \/>', re.I)
-			n = w.search(t.text)
-			if n:
-				print "Site " + tlurl.netloc + tlurl.path + ": Running WordPress " + n.group(1)
-			else:
-				print "Site " + tlurl.netloc + tlurl.path + ": No version found"
+		try:
+			r = requests.get(url.geturl())
+		except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError, e:
+			print "Error: Unable to connect to " + tlurl.netloc
+			if verbose:
+				print e
 		else:
-			v = re.compile(r"Version (\d+\.\d+\.?(\d+)?)", re.I)
-			m = v.search(r.text)
-			if m:
-				print "Site " + tlurl.netloc + tlurl.path + ": Running WordPress " + m.group(1)
+			if r.status_code != 200:
+				t = requests.get(tlurl.geturl())
+				w = re.compile(r'<meta name\=\"generator\" content\=\"(WordPress \d+\.\d+\.?(\d+)?)\" \/>', re.I)
+				n = w.search(t.text)
+				if n:
+					print "Site " + tlurl.netloc + tlurl.path + ": Running WordPress " + n.group(1)
+				else:
+					print "Site " + tlurl.netloc + tlurl.path + ": No version found"
 			else:
-				print "Site " + tlurl.netloc + tlurl.path + ": No version found"
+				v = re.compile(r"Version (\d+\.\d+\.?(\d+)?)", re.I)
+				m = v.search(r.text)
+				if m:
+					print "Site " + tlurl.netloc + tlurl.path + ": Running WordPress " + m.group(1)
+				else:
+					print "Site " + tlurl.netloc + tlurl.path + ": No version found"