diff --git a/bot/dbhelper.py b/bot/dbhelper.py
index 7678999..f0e1b72 100644
--- a/bot/dbhelper.py
+++ b/bot/dbhelper.py
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ def add_product(tg_user, tg_group, tg_user_id, tg_group_id, url, referurl, title
     con.commit()
     con.close()
 
-    response = requests.get(image, headers=constants.HEADERS)
-    file = open(f"/app/data/images/products/{product_id}.jpg", "wb")
-    file.write(response.content)
-    file.close()
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(image, headers=constants.HEADERS)
+        file = open(f"/app/data/images/products/{product_id}.jpg", "wb")
+        file.write(response.content)
+        file.close()
+    except:
+        pass
 
     return product_id
 
diff --git a/bot/helpers.py b/bot/helpers.py
index 20172b6..d58e98e 100644
--- a/bot/helpers.py
+++ b/bot/helpers.py
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ def create_image(product_id, price):
     draw.text(((width / 6) * 5 - wtext / 2, height / 2 - htext / 2), price, (0, 0, 0), font=font)
     draw.rectangle([15, 15, width - 15, height - 15], width = 15, outline="#20e163")
     # ponemos la imagen del producto en la parte izquierda y se redimensiona dependiendo de lo ancho
-    product_image = Image.open(f"/app/data/images/products/{product_id}.jpg")
+    try:
+        product_image = Image.open(f"/app/data/images/products/{product_id}.jpg")
+    except:
+        product_image = Image.open(f"/app/data/images/placeholder.jpg")
     hpercent = (baseheight / float(product_image.size[1]))
     wsize = int((float(product_image.size[0]) * float(hpercent)))
     if wsize < wlimit:
diff --git a/data/images/placeholder.png b/data/images/placeholder.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe74514
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/images/placeholder.png differ