diff --git a/lib/networking.js b/lib/networking.js
index 80f43da..c2f9253 100644
--- a/lib/networking.js
+++ b/lib/networking.js
@@ -88,16 +88,12 @@ exp.get_from_options = function(rid, url, options, callback) {
         break;
       case 404:
       case 204:
+      case 429: // this shouldn't usually happen, but occasionally does
       case 500:
       case 503:
         // we don't want to cache this
         body = null;
         break;
-      case 429:
-        // this shouldn't usually happen, but occasionally does
-        // forcing error so it's not cached
-        error = error || new Error("TooManyRequestsException");
-        break;
       default:
         if (!error) {
           // Probably 500 or the likes
diff --git a/lib/response.js b/lib/response.js
index 143967c..8403ded 100644
--- a/lib/response.js
+++ b/lib/response.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var human_status = {
 
 
 // print these, but without stacktrace
-var silent_errors = ["ETIMEDOUT", "ESOCKETTIMEDOUT", "ECONNRESET", "EHOSTUNREACH", "ECONNREFUSED", "TooManyRequestsException"];
+var silent_errors = ["ETIMEDOUT", "ESOCKETTIMEDOUT", "ECONNRESET", "EHOSTUNREACH", "ECONNREFUSED"];
 
 // handles HTTP responses
 // +request+ a http.IncomingMessage
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index a77879f..73c3bda 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -1013,8 +1013,8 @@ describe("Crafatar", function() {
           it("uuid should be rate limited", function(done) {
             networking.get_profile(rid, id, function() {
               networking.get_profile(rid, id, function(err, profile) {
-                assert.strictEqual(err.message, "TooManyRequestsException");
-                assert.strictEqual(profile.error, "TooManyRequestsException");
+                assert.ifError(err);
+                assert.strictEqual(profile, null);
                 done();
               });
             });