diff --git a/lib/private/App/AppStore/Fetcher/AppFetcher.php b/lib/private/App/AppStore/Fetcher/AppFetcher.php
index 2e181d754f..63f63aaf69 100644
--- a/lib/private/App/AppStore/Fetcher/AppFetcher.php
+++ b/lib/private/App/AppStore/Fetcher/AppFetcher.php
@@ -26,23 +26,27 @@ use OC\Files\AppData\Factory;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Utility\ITimeFactory;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
 use OCP\IConfig;
+use OCP\ILogger;
 
 class AppFetcher extends Fetcher {
 	/**
 	 * @param Factory $appDataFactory
 	 * @param IClientService $clientService
 	 * @param ITimeFactory $timeFactory
-	 * @param IConfig $config;
+	 * @param IConfig $config
+	 * @param ILogger $logger
 	 */
 	public function __construct(Factory $appDataFactory,
 								IClientService $clientService,
 								ITimeFactory $timeFactory,
-								IConfig $config) {
+								IConfig $config,
+								ILogger $logger) {
 		parent::__construct(
 			$appDataFactory,
 			$clientService,
 			$timeFactory,
-			$config
+			$config,
+			$logger
 		);
 
 		$this->fileName = 'apps.json';
diff --git a/lib/private/App/AppStore/Fetcher/CategoryFetcher.php b/lib/private/App/AppStore/Fetcher/CategoryFetcher.php
index 4c78665283..8c3c963462 100644
--- a/lib/private/App/AppStore/Fetcher/CategoryFetcher.php
+++ b/lib/private/App/AppStore/Fetcher/CategoryFetcher.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use OC\Files\AppData\Factory;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Utility\ITimeFactory;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
 use OCP\IConfig;
+use OCP\ILogger;
 
 class CategoryFetcher extends Fetcher {
 	/**
@@ -32,16 +33,19 @@ class CategoryFetcher extends Fetcher {
 	 * @param IClientService $clientService
 	 * @param ITimeFactory $timeFactory
 	 * @param IConfig $config
+	 * @param ILogger $logger
 	 */
 	public function __construct(Factory $appDataFactory,
 								IClientService $clientService,
 								ITimeFactory $timeFactory,
-								IConfig $config) {
+								IConfig $config,
+								ILogger $logger) {
 		parent::__construct(
 			$appDataFactory,
 			$clientService,
 			$timeFactory,
-			$config
+			$config,
+			$logger
 		);
 		$this->fileName = 'categories.json';
 		$this->endpointUrl = 'https://apps.nextcloud.com/api/v1/categories.json';
diff --git a/lib/private/App/AppStore/Fetcher/Fetcher.php b/lib/private/App/AppStore/Fetcher/Fetcher.php
index ccf5162ed8..02c55ac9d9 100644
--- a/lib/private/App/AppStore/Fetcher/Fetcher.php
+++ b/lib/private/App/AppStore/Fetcher/Fetcher.php
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@
 namespace OC\App\AppStore\Fetcher;
 
 use OC\Files\AppData\Factory;
+use GuzzleHttp\Exception\ConnectException;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Utility\ITimeFactory;
 use OCP\Files\IAppData;
 use OCP\Files\NotFoundException;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
 use OCP\IConfig;
+use OCP\ILogger;
 
 abstract class Fetcher {
 	const INVALIDATE_AFTER_SECONDS = 300;
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ abstract class Fetcher {
 	protected $timeFactory;
 	/** @var IConfig */
 	protected $config;
+	/** @var Ilogger */
+	protected $logger;
 	/** @var string */
 	protected $fileName;
 	/** @var string */
@@ -52,15 +56,18 @@ abstract class Fetcher {
 	 * @param IClientService $clientService
 	 * @param ITimeFactory $timeFactory
 	 * @param IConfig $config
+	 * @param ILogger $logger
 	 */
 	public function __construct(Factory $appDataFactory,
 								IClientService $clientService,
 								ITimeFactory $timeFactory,
-								IConfig $config) {
+								IConfig $config,
+								ILogger $logger) {
 		$this->appData = $appDataFactory->get('appstore');
 		$this->clientService = $clientService;
 		$this->timeFactory = $timeFactory;
 		$this->config = $config;
+		$this->logger = $logger;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -153,6 +160,9 @@ abstract class Fetcher {
 			$responseJson = $this->fetch($ETag, $content);
 			$file->putContent(json_encode($responseJson));
 			return json_decode($file->getContent(), true)['data'];
+		} catch (ConnectException $e) {
+			$this->logger->logException($e, ['app' => 'appstoreFetcher']);
+			return [];
 		} catch (\Exception $e) {
 			return [];
 		}
diff --git a/tests/lib/App/AppStore/Fetcher/AppFetcherTest.php b/tests/lib/App/AppStore/Fetcher/AppFetcherTest.php
index f3769fc09c..2efecef4dc 100644
--- a/tests/lib/App/AppStore/Fetcher/AppFetcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/App/AppStore/Fetcher/AppFetcherTest.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use OCP\Http\Client\IClient;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IResponse;
 use OCP\IConfig;
+use OCP\ILogger;
 use Test\TestCase;
 
 class AppFetcherTest extends TestCase  {
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ class AppFetcherTest extends TestCase  {
 	protected $timeFactory;
 	/** @var IConfig|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
 	protected $config;
+	/** @var ILogger|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
+	protected $logger;
 	/** @var AppFetcher */
 	protected $fetcher;
 	/** @var string */
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ EOD;
 		$this->clientService = $this->createMock(IClientService::class);
 		$this->timeFactory = $this->createMock(ITimeFactory::class);
 		$this->config = $this->createMock(IConfig::class);
+		$this->logger = $this->createMock(ILogger::class);
 
 		$this->config
 			->expects($this->at(0))
@@ -74,7 +78,8 @@ EOD;
 			$factory,
 			$this->clientService,
 			$this->timeFactory,
-			$this->config
+			$this->config,
+			$this->logger
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/App/AppStore/Fetcher/CategoryFetcherTest.php b/tests/lib/App/AppStore/Fetcher/CategoryFetcherTest.php
index 6143da662d..a1ce718520 100644
--- a/tests/lib/App/AppStore/Fetcher/CategoryFetcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/App/AppStore/Fetcher/CategoryFetcherTest.php
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ class CategoryFetcherTest extends FetcherBase {
 			$this->appDataFactory,
 			$this->clientService,
 			$this->timeFactory,
-			$this->config
+			$this->config,
+			$this->logger
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/App/AppStore/Fetcher/FetcherBase.php b/tests/lib/App/AppStore/Fetcher/FetcherBase.php
index 3d89ae942a..bd19141ea9 100644
--- a/tests/lib/App/AppStore/Fetcher/FetcherBase.php
+++ b/tests/lib/App/AppStore/Fetcher/FetcherBase.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use OCP\Http\Client\IClient;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IResponse;
 use OCP\IConfig;
+use OCP\ILogger;
 use Test\TestCase;
 
 abstract class FetcherBase extends TestCase {
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ abstract class FetcherBase extends TestCase {
 	protected $timeFactory;
 	/** @var IConfig|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
 	protected $config;
+	/** @var ILogger|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
+	protected $logger;
 	/** @var Fetcher */
 	protected $fetcher;
 	/** @var string */
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ abstract class FetcherBase extends TestCase {
 		$this->clientService = $this->createMock(IClientService::class);
 		$this->timeFactory = $this->createMock(ITimeFactory::class);
 		$this->config = $this->createMock(IConfig::class);
+		$this->logger = $this->createMock(ILogger::class);
 	}
 
 	public function testGetWithAlreadyExistingFileAndUpToDateTimestampAndVersion() {