diff --git a/discord/bot.go b/discord/bot.go
index 314fe64..5075e98 100644
--- a/discord/bot.go
+++ b/discord/bot.go
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ func NewBot(config *config.Config, db *db.Db, api *osuapi.Osuapi) (bot *Bot, err
 	return
 }
 
+func (bot *Bot) NotifyError(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)
+	channel, _ := bot.UserChannelCreate("100443064228646912")
+	bot.ChannelMessageSend(channel.ID, msg)
+}
+
 func (bot *Bot) errWrap(fn interface{}) interface{} {
 	val := reflect.ValueOf(fn)
 	origType := reflect.TypeOf(fn)
@@ -66,10 +72,7 @@ func (bot *Bot) errWrap(fn interface{}) interface{} {
 		if len(res) > 0 && !res[0].IsNil() {
 			err := res[0].Interface().(error)
 			if err != nil {
-				msg := fmt.Sprintf("error: %s", err)
-				channel, _ := bot.UserChannelCreate("100443064228646912")
-				id, _ := bot.ChannelMessageSend(channel.ID, msg)
-				log.Println(id, msg)
+				bot.NotifyError("error: %s", err)
 			}
 		}
 		return []reflect.Value{}
diff --git a/scrape/pending.go b/scrape/pending.go
index 01aafde..3ff895a 100644
--- a/scrape/pending.go
+++ b/scrape/pending.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ func (s *Scraper) scrapePendingMaps() {
 	pendingSets, err := s.api.SearchBeatmaps("pending")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("error fetching pending sets", err)
+		s.bot.NotifyError("failed to fetch pending sets", err)
+		return
 	}
 
 	allNewMaps := make(map[int][]osuapi.Beatmapset, 0)