diff --git a/pensieve.py b/pensieve.py
index ee7411d..60a1239 100755
--- a/pensieve.py
+++ b/pensieve.py
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ import time
 
 def load_json(subreddit):
     req = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.reddit.com/r/' + subreddit + '.json?limit=1000')
-    json_string = json.load(req)
+    try:
+        json_string = json.load(req)
+    except ValueError:
+        req = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.reddit.com/r/kittens.json?limit=1000')
+        json_string = json.load(req)
+        
     return json_string[u'data'][u'children']
 
 def add_urls_to_list(subreddit):