diff --git a/bookshare/templates/charts.html b/bookshare/templates/charts.html
index efdbc0eba2bf1b26bf0b2ce4fff690e5e85f40dc..4e33846dd166a237fe309af033db86cfc04208c3 100644
--- a/bookshare/templates/charts.html
+++ b/bookshare/templates/charts.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SRCT Bookshare • Charts
 <div class="page-header" id="banner">
   <div class="row">
     <div class="col-lg-12 text-center">
-      <h1><strong>SRCT</strong>BOOKSHARE</h1>
+      <h1><strong>SRCT</strong>&#8203;BOOKSHARE</h1>
       <p class="lead"><strong>Listing Charts</strong></p>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/bookshare/trades/views.py b/bookshare/trades/views.py
index 814dd4ddd1ef0c4cd2c2b9c990d9b826791a9737..4a49cee0aeec7449be6edf3eb69376b886769afe 100644
--- a/bookshare/trades/views.py
+++ b/bookshare/trades/views.py
@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ def ISBNMetadata(standardISBN):
     url = "http://xisbn.worldcat.org/webservices/xid/isbn/" +\
           str(standardISBN) +\
           "?method=getMetadata&format=json&fl=title,year,author,ed"
-    metadata = requests.get(url)
+
+    # In case the API fails to return, simply return None.
+    try:
+        metadata = requests.get(url, timeout=3)
+    except ConnectionError:
+        return None
+
     # format into a dictionary
     dejson = metadata.json()
     try: