diff --git a/src/fetch/pyproject.toml b/src/fetch/pyproject.toml
index 98b8cfd1..ac417cb2 100644
--- a/src/fetch/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/fetch/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "mcp-server-fetch"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 description = "A Model Context Protocol server providing tools to fetch and convert web content for usage by LLMs"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/src/fetch/src/mcp_server_fetch/server.py b/src/fetch/src/mcp_server_fetch/server.py
index 3871e993..afcf2ed8 100644
--- a/src/fetch/src/mcp_server_fetch/server.py
+++ b/src/fetch/src/mcp_server_fetch/server.py
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 import markdownify
 import readabilipy.simple_json
+from mcp.shared.exceptions import McpError
 from mcp.server import Server
 from mcp.server.stdio import stdio_server
 from mcp.types import (
-    TextContent,
-    Tool,
+    GetPromptResult,
     Prompt,
     PromptArgument,
-    GetPromptResult,
     PromptMessage,
+    TextContent,
+    Tool,
+    INVALID_PARAMS,
+    INTERNAL_ERROR,
 )
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
@@ -25,11 +28,16 @@ def extract_content(html: str) -> str:
 
 
 async def fetch_url(url: str) -> str:
-    from httpx import AsyncClient
+    from httpx import AsyncClient, HTTPError
 
     async with AsyncClient() as client:
-        response = await client.get(url)
-        response.raise_for_status()
+        try:
+            response = await client.get(url, follow_redirects=True)
+        except HTTPError:
+            raise McpError(INTERNAL_ERROR, f"Failed to fetch {url}")
+        if response.status_code >= 400:
+            raise McpError(INTERNAL_ERROR, f"Failed to fetch {url} - status code {response.status_code}")
+
         page_html = response.text
 
     return extract_content(page_html)
@@ -70,14 +78,32 @@ async def list_prompts() -> list[Prompt]:
 
     @server.call_tool()
     async def call_tool(name, arguments: dict) -> list[TextContent]:
-        url = arguments["url"]
+        url = arguments.get("url")
+        if not url:
+            raise McpError(INVALID_PARAMS, "URL is required")
+
         content = await fetch_url(url)
         return [TextContent(type="text", text=f"Contents of {url}:\n{content}")]
 
     @server.get_prompt()
     async def get_prompt(name, arguments: dict) -> GetPromptResult:
-        url = arguments["url"]
-        content = await fetch_url(url)
+        url = arguments.get("url")
+        if not url:
+            raise McpError(INVALID_PARAMS, "URL is required")
+
+        try:
+            content = await fetch_url(url)
+            # TODO: after SDK bug is addressed, don't catch the exception
+        except McpError as e:
+            return GetPromptResult(
+                description=f"Failed to fetch {url}",
+                messages=[
+                    PromptMessage(
+                        role="user",
+                        content=TextContent(type="text", text=str(e)),
+                    )
+                ],
+            )
         return GetPromptResult(
             description=f"Contents of {url}",
             messages=[
diff --git a/src/fetch/uv.lock b/src/fetch/uv.lock
index 7756b36a..e8fc771a 100644
--- a/src/fetch/uv.lock
+++ b/src/fetch/uv.lock
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mcp-server-fetch"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "markdownify" },