diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 465c671..9836023 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ toolchain go1.23.0
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0
 	github.com/KimMachineGun/automemlimit v0.6.1
-	github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.9.2
+	github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.10.0
 	github.com/Shopify/gomail v0.0.0-20220729171026-0784ece65e69
 	github.com/araddon/dateparse v0.0.0-20210429162001-6b43995a97de
 	github.com/avast/retry-go/v4 v4.6.0
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/minio/sha256-simd v1.0.1
 	github.com/peterbourgon/ff/v4 v4.0.0-alpha.4
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c
+	github.com/reiver/go-cast v0.0.0-20240904124821-be0103637c3f
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0
 	github.com/slack-go/slack v0.14.0
 	github.com/tj/go-spin v1.1.0
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pbnjay/memory v0.0.0-20210728143218-7b4eea64cf58 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/reiver/go-erorr v0.0.0-20240801233437-8cbde6d1fa3f // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
 	github.com/twitchyliquid64/golang-asm v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.12 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0af6400..007881d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0 h1:kuoIxZQy2WRRk1pttg9asf+WVv6tWQuBNVmK8+nqPr0
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
 github.com/KimMachineGun/automemlimit v0.6.1 h1:ILa9j1onAAMadBsyyUJv5cack8Y1WT26yLj/V+ulKp8=
 github.com/KimMachineGun/automemlimit v0.6.1/go.mod h1:T7xYht7B8r6AG/AqFcUdc7fzd2bIdBKmepfP2S1svPY=
-github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.9.2 h1:4/wZksC3KgkQw7SQgkKotmKljk0M6V8TUvA8Wb4yPeE=
-github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.9.2/go.mod h1:GHPCaP0ODyyxqcNoFGYlAprUFH81NuRPd0GX3Zu2Mvk=
+github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.10.0 h1:6fiXdLuUvYs2OJSvNRqlNPoBm6YABE226xrbavY5Wv4=
+github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.10.0/go.mod h1:TjZZl68Q3eGHNBA8CWaxAN7rOU1EbDz3CWuolcO5Yu4=
 github.com/Shopify/gomail v0.0.0-20220729171026-0784ece65e69 h1:gPoXdwo3sKq8qcfMu/Nc/wkJMLKwe7kaG9Uo8tOj3cU=
 github.com/Shopify/gomail v0.0.0-20220729171026-0784ece65e69/go.mod h1:RS+Gaowa0M+gCuiFAiRMGBCMqxLrNA7TESTU/Wbblm8=
 github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.2 h1:3Xi6Dw5lHF15JtdcmAHD3i1+T8plmv7BQ/nsViSLyss=
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZN
 github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0 h1:BTyx3RfQjRHnUWaGF9oQos79AlQ5k8WNktv7VGvVH4g=
 github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0/go.mod h1:A5zLQHz7ieHGG7is6LLXLz7I8+3LZzsrV0P1IAHhP5U=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
+github.com/reiver/go-cast v0.0.0-20240904124821-be0103637c3f h1:+xhln673LL2XG1qhsUG1e+HHdXm/lTWihmr5G815dMc=
+github.com/reiver/go-cast v0.0.0-20240904124821-be0103637c3f/go.mod h1:baMIic1VWx4m5MRviwSyHFx1Z6POGMRrnVgsMvsLlAA=
+github.com/reiver/go-erorr v0.0.0-20240801233437-8cbde6d1fa3f h1:D1QSxKHm8U73XhjsW3SFLkT0zT5pKJi+1KGboMhY1Rk=
+github.com/reiver/go-erorr v0.0.0-20240801233437-8cbde6d1fa3f/go.mod h1:F0HbBf+Ak2ZlE8YkDW4Y+KxaUmT0KaaIJK6CXY3cJxE=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.1.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.11.0 h1:cWPaGQEPrBb5/AsnsZesgZZ9yb1OQ+GOISoDNXVBh4M=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.11.0/go.mod h1:ddIwULY96R17DhadqLgMfk9H9tvdUzkipdSkR5nkCZA=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 39ead28..ccf6e9c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import (
 	sysdnotify "github.com/iguanesolutions/go-systemd/v5/notify"
 	sysdwatchdog "github.com/iguanesolutions/go-systemd/v5/notify/watchdog"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
+	"github.com/reiver/go-cast"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"go.uber.org/automaxprocs/maxprocs"
 )
@@ -110,8 +111,10 @@ func main() {
 		logLevel = zerolog.DebugLevel
 	} else {
 		if v, ok := os.LookupEnv("LOG_LEVEL"); ok {
-			if l, err := strconv.Atoi(v); err != nil {
-				logLevel = zerolog.Level(int8(l))
+			if l, err := strconv.Atoi(v); err == nil {
+				if l8, err := cast.Int8(l); err == nil {
+					logLevel = zerolog.Level(l8)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/scrape/scrape.go b/scrape/scrape.go
index 5183c31..8c0f453 100644
--- a/scrape/scrape.go
+++ b/scrape/scrape.go
@@ -29,13 +29,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dkorunic/e-dnevnik-bot/fetch"
 	"github.com/dkorunic/e-dnevnik-bot/logger"
 	"github.com/dkorunic/e-dnevnik-bot/msgtypes"
+	"github.com/reiver/go-cast"
 )
 
 // GetGradesAndEvents initiates fetching subjects, grades and exam events from remote e-dnevnik site, sends
 // individual messages to a message channel and optionally returning an error.
 func GetGradesAndEvents(ctx context.Context, ch chan<- msgtypes.Message, username, password string, retries uint) error {
 	err := func() error {
-		ctx, stop := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Duration(retries)*fetch.Timeout)
+		r64, err := cast.Int64(retries)
+		if err != nil {
+			r64 = 1
+		}
+
+		ctx, stop := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Duration(r64)*fetch.Timeout)
 		defer stop()
 
 		client, err := fetch.NewClientWithContext(ctx, username, password)