diff --git a/plugins/plugins/cert_expiration.py b/plugins/plugins/cert_expiration.py
index dcf0953..2cad95e 100644
--- a/plugins/plugins/cert_expiration.py
+++ b/plugins/plugins/cert_expiration.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import ssl
 import OpenSSL
 from datetime import datetime,timedelta
+from socket import gaierror
 
 def cert_expiration(args):
     hostname = args['endpoint'].split(":")[0]
@@ -10,15 +11,18 @@ def cert_expiration(args):
     except IndexError:
         port = 443
 
-    cert = ssl.get_server_certificate((hostname, port))
+    try:
+        cert = ssl.get_server_certificate((hostname, port))
+    except gaierror:
+        return [False, "Failed to connect to server."]
+
     x509 = OpenSSL.crypto.load_certificate(OpenSSL.crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, cert)
     expiration_date = datetime.strptime(f"{x509.get_notAfter().decode("UTF-8")[0:-1]}UTC", "%Y%m%d%H%M%S%Z") 
 
-    status = "Success"
     if (expiration_date - timedelta(days = args['expiration_warning_days'])) < datetime.now():
-        status = "Warning"
+        status = False
     else:
-        status = "Success"
+        status = True
           
 
     return [status, f"Expiration: {expiration_date}"]