diff --git a/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealient/ui/baseurl/BaseURLViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealient/ui/baseurl/BaseURLViewModel.kt
index e2bd49e..015e659 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealient/ui/baseurl/BaseURLViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealient/ui/baseurl/BaseURLViewModel.kt
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import dagger.hilt.android.lifecycle.HiltViewModel
 import gq.kirmanak.mealient.data.auth.AuthRepo
 import gq.kirmanak.mealient.data.baseurl.ServerInfoRepo
 import gq.kirmanak.mealient.data.recipes.RecipeRepo
+import gq.kirmanak.mealient.datasource.NetworkError
 import gq.kirmanak.mealient.logging.Logger
 import gq.kirmanak.mealient.ui.OperationUiState
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import javax.inject.Inject
-import javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException
 
 @HiltViewModel
 class BaseURLViewModel @Inject constructor(
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ class BaseURLViewModel @Inject constructor(
 
         val result: Result<Unit> = serverInfoRepo.tryBaseURL(url).recoverCatching {
             logger.e(it) { "checkBaseURL: trying to recover, had prefix = $hasPrefix" }
-            if (hasPrefix.not() && it.cause is SSLHandshakeException) {
+            if (hasPrefix || it is NetworkError.NotMealie) {
+                throw it
+            } else {
                 val unencryptedUrl = url.replace("https", "http")
                 serverInfoRepo.tryBaseURL(unencryptedUrl).getOrThrow()
-            } else {
-                throw it
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/gq/kirmanak/mealient/ui/baseurl/BaseURLViewModelTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/gq/kirmanak/mealient/ui/baseurl/BaseURLViewModelTest.kt
index 3250c6f..59b10ea 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/gq/kirmanak/mealient/ui/baseurl/BaseURLViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/gq/kirmanak/mealient/ui/baseurl/BaseURLViewModelTest.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.test.*
 import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
 import java.io.IOException
-import java.net.UnknownHostException
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException
 
 @OptIn(ExperimentalCoroutinesApi::class)
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ class BaseURLViewModelTest : BaseUnitTest() {
     @Test
     fun `when saving base url with no prefix and https throws non ssl expect no http`() = runTest {
         coEvery { serverInfoRepo.getUrl() } returns null
-        val err = NetworkError.MalformedUrl(UnknownHostException())
+        val err = NetworkError.NotMealie(IOException())
         coEvery { serverInfoRepo.tryBaseURL("https://test") } returns Result.failure(err)
         subject.saveBaseUrl("test")
         coVerify(inverse = true) { serverInfoRepo.tryBaseURL("http://test") }