diff --git a/lib/antigate.rb b/lib/antigate.rb
index 52220c2..08ecb49 100644
--- a/lib/antigate.rb
+++ b/lib/antigate.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ def self.balance(key)
 
   class Wrapper
   	attr_accessor :phrase, :regsense, :numeric, :calc, :min_len, :max_len, :domain
+    attr_reader :http_response
 
   	def initialize(key)
   		@key = key
@@ -29,10 +30,10 @@ def initialize(key)
   		@domain = "antigate.com"
   	end
 
-  	def recognize(url, ext)
+  	def recognize(resource, ext)
   		added = nil
   		loop do
-  			added = add(url, ext)
+  			added = add(resource, ext)
         next if added.nil?
   			if added.include? 'ERROR_NO_SLOT_AVAILABLE'
   				sleep(1)
@@ -61,13 +62,17 @@ def recognize(url, ext)
   		end
   	end
 
-  	def add(url, ext)
-  	  uri = URI.parse(url)
-  	  http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
-  	  http.use_ssl = (uri.port == 443)
-  	  request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
-  	  response = http.request(request)
-  	  captcha = response.body
+  	def add(resource, ext)
+      begin
+    	  uri = URI.parse(resource)
+    	  http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+    	  http.use_ssl = (uri.port == 443)
+    	  request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
+    	  @http_response = http.request(request)
+    	  captcha = @http_response.body
+      rescue URI::InvalidURIError
+        captcha = resource
+      end
   		if captcha
   			params = {
   				'method' => 'base64',