diff --git a/backup.py b/backup.py
index 82e876d..5a07c41 100644
--- a/backup.py
+++ b/backup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from fmframework.io.csv import export_scrobbles
-from fmframework.net.network import Network
+from fmframework.net.network import Network, LastFMNetworkException
 
 import sys
 import os
@@ -7,32 +7,28 @@ import logging
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('fmframework')
 
-log_format = '%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s - %(funcName)s - %(message)s'
-
 file_handler = logging.FileHandler(".fm/backup.log")
-formatter = logging.Formatter(log_format)
-file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-
+file_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s - %(funcName)s - %(message)s'))
 logger.addHandler(file_handler)
 
-stream_log_format = '%(levelname)s %(name)s:%(funcName)s - %(message)s'
-stream_formatter = logging.Formatter(stream_log_format)
-
 stream_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-stream_handler.setFormatter(stream_formatter)
-
+stream_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(levelname)s %(name)s:%(funcName)s - %(message)s'))
 logger.addHandler(stream_handler)
 
 
 def backup_scrobbles(file_path):
     net = Network(username='sarsoo', api_key=os.environ['FMKEY'])
 
-    scrobbles = net.get_recent_tracks()
-    
-    if not os.path.exists(file_path):
-        os.makedirs(file_path)
+    try:
+        scrobbles = net.get_recent_tracks()
 
-    export_scrobbles(scrobbles, file_path)
+        if not os.path.exists(file_path):
+            os.makedirs(file_path)
+
+        export_scrobbles(scrobbles, file_path)
+
+    except LastFMNetworkException:
+        logger.exception('error during scrobble retrieval')
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/fmframework/chart/__init__.py b/fmframework/chart/__init__.py
index 0d6dbab..68692ce 100644
--- a/fmframework/chart/__init__.py
+++ b/fmframework/chart/__init__.py
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ def get_populated_album_chart(net: Network, username: str, from_date: date, to_d
         logger.debug(f'populating {counter+1} of {len(chart)}')
         try:
             albums.append(net.get_album(name=scraped.name, artist=scraped.artist.name))
-        except LastFMNetworkException as e:
-            logger.error(f'error occured during album retrieval - {e}')
+        except LastFMNetworkException:
+            logger.exception(f'error occured during album retrieval')
 
     return albums
 
diff --git a/reqirements.txt b/reqirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..987bbf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reqirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+certifi==2020.6.20
+chardet==3.0.4
+idna==2.10
+numpy==1.19.0
+opencv-python==4.2.0.34
+requests==2.24.0
+urllib3==1.25.9