diff --git a/widget/Agenda.tsx b/widget/Agenda.tsx
index 04df321..9a2aac4 100644
--- a/widget/Agenda.tsx
+++ b/widget/Agenda.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { App, Astal, Gdk } from "astal/gtk3";
-import { bind, execAsync, interval, Variable } from "astal";
+import { bind, execAsync, interval, timeout, Variable } from "astal";
 
 type AgendaItem = {
   startDate: string;
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ export default function Agenda(gdkmonitor: Gdk.Monitor) {
       transform(stdout),
     ]);
   };
+  agenda.onError((err) => {
+    console.error(`failed to fetch agenda: ${err}`);
+    timeout(5000, watch);
+  });
   const intervalHandler = interval(1000 * 60 * 10 /* 10 minutes */, watch);
   return (
     <window