diff --git a/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py b/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py
index 65f5b5d8..b1db1d10 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ def check_market(app):
     req = urllib2.Request(url, None, headers)
     try:
         resp = urllib2.urlopen(req, None, 20)
+        page = resp.read()
     except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
         if e.code == 404:
             return (None, 'Not in market')
@@ -180,7 +181,6 @@ def check_market(app):
             return (None, 'Failed with HTTP status' + str(req.getcode()))
     except Exception, e:
         return (None, 'Failed:' + str(e))
-    page = resp.read()
 
     version = None
     vercode = None