diff --git a/src/Content/OEmbed.php b/src/Content/OEmbed.php
index c113110662..7afdfac35c 100644
--- a/src/Content/OEmbed.php
+++ b/src/Content/OEmbed.php
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ class OEmbed
 			$html_text = mb_convert_encoding($text, 'HTML-ENTITIES', mb_detect_encoding($text));
 
 			// If it doesn't parse at all, just return the text.
-			$dom = @DOMDocument::loadHTML($html_text);
-			if (!$dom) {
+			$dom = new DOMDocument();
+			if (!@$dom->loadHTML($html_text)) {
 				return $text;
 			}
 			$xpath = new DOMXPath($dom);
diff --git a/src/Object/OEmbed.php b/src/Object/OEmbed.php
index 2511a0f758..3f53f48cd1 100644
--- a/src/Object/OEmbed.php
+++ b/src/Object/OEmbed.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class OEmbed
 
 	public $type             = '';
 	public $title            = '';
+	public $description      = '';
 	public $author_name      = '';
 	public $author_url       = '';
 	public $provider_name    = '';
diff --git a/src/Util/Network.php b/src/Util/Network.php
index e02767be4a..f7ceab5433 100644
--- a/src/Util/Network.php
+++ b/src/Util/Network.php
@@ -79,11 +79,19 @@ class Network
 
 		if (in_array(parse_url($url, PHP_URL_SCHEME), ['https', 'http'])) {
 			$options = [HttpClientOptions::VERIFY => true, HttpClientOptions::TIMEOUT => $xrd_timeout];
-			$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($url, $options);
+			try {
+				$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($url, $options);
+			} catch (\Exception $e) {
+				return false;
+			}
 
 			// Workaround for systems that can't handle a HEAD request. Don't retry on timeouts.
 			if (!$curlResult->isSuccess() && ($curlResult->getReturnCode() >= 400) && !in_array($curlResult->getReturnCode(), [408, 504])) {
-				$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->get($url, HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, $options);
+				try {
+					$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->get($url, HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, $options);
+				} catch (\Exception $e) {
+					return false;
+				}
 			}
 
 			if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
diff --git a/src/Util/ParseUrl.php b/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
index 3382884839..79f427a654 100644
--- a/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
+++ b/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
@@ -70,7 +70,12 @@ class ParseUrl
 			$options = [];
 		}
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($url, array_merge([HttpClientOptions::ACCEPT_CONTENT => $accept], $options));
+		try {
+			$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($url, array_merge([HttpClientOptions::ACCEPT_CONTENT => $accept], $options));
+		} catch (\Exception $e) {
+			DI::logger()->debug('Got exception', ['url' => $url, 'message' => $e->getMessage()]);
+			return [];
+		}
 
 		// Workaround for systems that can't handle a HEAD request. Don't retry on timeouts.
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess() && ($curlResult->getReturnCode() >= 400) && !in_array($curlResult->getReturnCode(), [408, 504])) {