diff --git a/latency.py b/latency.py
index 43b1d100212d151918a50c92622ec0c61878f623..da15c86c28afe08b61237a306310ef43c48cd788 100644
--- a/latency.py
+++ b/latency.py
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ def latency_measurement(hostname, filename):
     time_of_measure = datetime.datetime.now()
     latency = 0
     current_time = current_microsec()
-    # print('requesting')
-    request = requests.get(str(hostname), timeout=1)
     try:
+        request = requests.get(str(hostname), timeout=1)
         if request.status_code == 200:
             latency = current_microsec() - current_time
         # print(str(request.status_code) + 'happiness')