diff --git a/grai-server/app/pyproject.toml b/grai-server/app/pyproject.toml
index 4fcac5510..c2de2df22 100644
--- a/grai-server/app/pyproject.toml
+++ b/grai-server/app/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "the_guide"
-version = "0.1.59"
+version = "0.1.60"
 description = ""
 authors = ["Grai <dev@grai.io>"]
 license = "Elastic-2.0"
diff --git a/grai-server/app/the_guide/__init__.py b/grai-server/app/the_guide/__init__.py
index fd7634531..c999fcaa9 100755
--- a/grai-server/app/the_guide/__init__.py
+++ b/grai-server/app/the_guide/__init__.py
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # Django starts so that shared_task will use this app.
 from .celery import app as celery_app
 
-__version__ = "0.1.59"
+__version__ = "0.1.60"
 __all__ = ("celery_app", "__version__")
diff --git a/grai-server/app/the_guide/settings/base.py b/grai-server/app/the_guide/settings/base.py
index 779c6c815..20e1665b3 100755
--- a/grai-server/app/the_guide/settings/base.py
+++ b/grai-server/app/the_guide/settings/base.py
@@ -384,6 +384,12 @@ def inner(value: str | bool) -> bool:
     except openai.AuthenticationError as e:
         warnings.warn("Could not authenticate with OpenAI API key and organization id.")
         HAS_OPENAI = False
+    except openai.APIConnectionError as e:
+        warnings.warn("Could not connect to OpenAI API and are disabling AI functionality.")
+        HAS_OPENAI = False
+    except Exception as e:
+        warnings.warn(f"We encountered an unknown error while trying to connect to OpenAI {e}")
+        HAS_OPENAI = False
     else:
         if len(models) == 0:
             message = f"Provided OpenAI API key does not have access to any models as a result we've disabled OpenAI."