diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/comments/CommentsAPI.kt b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/comments/CommentsAPI.kt
index d740d05af82..30e8ddc8a47 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/comments/CommentsAPI.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/comments/CommentsAPI.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.encoding.Decoder
 import kotlinx.serialization.encoding.Encoder
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import okhttp3.FormBody
+import okio.IOException
 import uy.kohesive.injekt.Injekt
 import uy.kohesive.injekt.api.get
 
@@ -159,7 +160,12 @@ object CommentsAPI {
             .add("token", token)
             .build()
         val request = requestBuilder()
-        val json = request.post(url, requestBody = body)
+        val json = try {
+            request.post(url, requestBody = body)
+        } catch (e: IOException) {
+            snackString("Failed to login to comments API")
+            return
+        }
         if (!json.text.startsWith("{")) return
         val parsed = try {
             Json.decodeFromString<AuthResponse>(json.text)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/network/NetworkHelper.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/network/NetworkHelper.kt
index a4fe08b4ad6..8ae4a8fdb58 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/network/NetworkHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/network/NetworkHelper.kt
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ class NetworkHelper(
                     maxSize = 5L * 1024 * 1024, // 5 MiB
                 ),
             )
-            .addInterceptor(BrotliInterceptor)
             .addInterceptor(UncaughtExceptionInterceptor())
+            .addInterceptor(BrotliInterceptor)
             .addInterceptor(UserAgentInterceptor(::defaultUserAgentProvider))
 
         if (PrefManager.getVal(PrefName.VerboseLogging)) {