1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/RSS.cpp b/src/RSS.cpp
index 20c809f..a5c8b12 100644
--- a/src/RSS.cpp
+++ b/src/RSS.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ void RSS::parse(std::string contents) {
     // std::cout << "starting tokenization..." << std::endl;
     if (contents.length() == 0) return;
     try {
-        auto leaf = XML_leaf(contents).GetChild("channel");
+        auto leaf = XML_leaf(contents);
+        if (leaf.Name != "channel")
+            leaf = leaf.GetChild("channel");
         if (leaf.Raw == "<>") 
             throw new std::runtime_error("The feed does not contain <channel> element");
 
@@ -76,8 +78,8 @@ void RSS::parse(std::string contents) {
         auto items = leaf.GetChildren("item");
         for (auto item : items)
             Entries.push_back(RSS_Entry(item));
-    } catch (const char *err) {
-        std::cout << "Failed to parse feed '" << URL << "' :" << err << std::endl;
+    } catch (std::exception& err) {
+        std::cout << "Failed to parse feed '" << URL << "' :" << err.what() << std::endl;
         return;
     }
 }