diff --git a/cypress/e2e/playground.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/playground.cy.js
index 95e3f21..7d0718b 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/playground.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/playground.cy.js
@@ -128,6 +128,20 @@ describe('Cypress Playground', () => {
     ).should('be.visible')
   })
 
+  it('clicks a button and simulate a network failure', () => {
+    cy.intercept(
+      'GET',
+      'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1',
+      { forceNetworkError: true }
+      ).as('getTodo')
+    cy.contains('#intercept button', 'Get TODO').click()
+    cy.wait('@getTodo')
+    cy.contains(
+      '#intercept .error span',
+      'Oops, something went wrong. Check your internet connection, refresh the page, and try again.'
+    ).should('be.visible')
+  })
+
   it('makes an HTTP request and asserts on the returned status code', () => {
     cy.request('GET', 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1')
       .its('status')
diff --git a/src/script.js b/src/script.js
index 983889c..7271a50 100644
--- a/src/script.js
+++ b/src/script.js
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ document.querySelector('#intercept button')
 
 async function mountTodoList() {
   const interceptDiv = document.getElementById('intercept')
-  const response = await fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1')
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1')
     .then(async response => {
       if (response.ok) {
         const body = await response.json()
@@ -131,6 +132,18 @@ async function mountTodoList() {
           .removeEventListener('click', mountTodoList)
       }
     })
+  } catch {
+    const errorDiv = document.createElement('div')
+    const errorSpan = document.createElement('span')
+
+    errorDiv.className = 'error'
+    errorSpan.innerText = 'Oops, something went wrong. Check your internet connection, refresh the page, and try again.'
+    interceptDiv.appendChild(errorDiv)
+    errorDiv.appendChild(errorSpan)
+
+    document.querySelector('#intercept button')
+      .removeEventListener('click', mountTodoList)
+  }
 }
 
 document.querySelector('#input-range input[type="range"]')