1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/search.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/search.rb
index 4ae2f314a..2ceefd2ce 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/search.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/search.rb
@@ -64,18 +64,19 @@ module Homebrew extend self
 
     results = []
     GitHub.open "https://api.github.com/repos/#{user}/homebrew-#{repo}/git/trees/HEAD?recursive=1" do |f|
-      user.downcase! if user == "Homebrew" # special handling for the Homebrew organization
-      MultiJson.decode(f.read)["tree"].map{ |hash| hash['path'] }.compact.each do |file|
-        name = File.basename(file, '.rb')
-        if file =~ /\.rb$/ and name =~ rx
-          results << "#{user}/#{repo}/#{name}"
-          $found += 1
+      begin
+        user.downcase! if user == "Homebrew" # special handling for the Homebrew organization
+        MultiJson.decode(f.read)["tree"].map{ |hash| hash['path'] }.compact.each do |file|
+          name = File.basename(file, '.rb')
+          if file =~ /\.rb$/ and name =~ rx
+            results << "#{user}/#{repo}/#{name}"
+            $found += 1
+          end
         end
+      rescue
       end
     end
     results
-  rescue
-    []
   end
 
   def search_brews rx