diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 31021d1..1e31638 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pywebcat"
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6"
 description = "Python tool for working with the NOAA NOS Web Camera Applications Testbed (WebCAT)"
 authors = ["Tomas Beuzen <tomas.beuzen@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/pywebcat/__init__.py b/pywebcat/__init__.py
index 1276d02..0a8da88 100644
--- a/pywebcat/__init__.py
+++ b/pywebcat/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.5"
+__version__ = "0.1.6"
diff --git a/pywebcat/cli.py b/pywebcat/cli.py
index afaebc7..4b31066 100644
--- a/pywebcat/cli.py
+++ b/pywebcat/cli.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import os
-import sys
 import argparse
 import itertools
 from pywebcat.utils import WebCAT
@@ -22,19 +21,17 @@ def main():
     wc = WebCAT()
     for item in itertools.product(station, year, month, day, time):
         try:
-            sys.stdout = open(os.devnull, "w")  # capture any output from url generation
             wc.generate_url(*item)  # generate url from the input data
-            sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__  # reinstate output
             tmp_dir = os.path.join(directory, item[0], wc.name)  # dir to save frames in
             if not os.path.exists(tmp_dir):
                 os.makedirs(tmp_dir)  # mkdir if not exist
             if verbose:
                 print(f"Saving frames of {wc.name}...")
             wc.save_frames(interval, tmp_dir, not no_meta, verbose)  # save frames
-        except:
+        except Exception as e:
             if verbose:
                 url = f"http://webcat-video.axds.co/{item[0]}/raw/{item[1]}/{item[1]}_{item[2]:02}/{item[1]}_{item[2]:02}_{item[3]:02}/{item[0]}.{item[1]}-{item[2]:02}-{item[3]:02}_{item[4]:04}.mp4"
-                print(f"Warning: {url} not a valid url... Skipping.")
+                print(f"Error for url: {url}. Traceback: {e} Skipping this url.")
 
 
 def parse_args():
diff --git a/pywebcat/utils.py b/pywebcat/utils.py
index bfc5e00..29a72e6 100644
--- a/pywebcat/utils.py
+++ b/pywebcat/utils.py
@@ -93,13 +93,14 @@ def generate_url(self, station: str, year: int, month: int, day: int, time: int)
 
         """
         url = f"http://webcat-video.axds.co/{station}/raw/{year}/{year}_{month:02}/{year}_{month:02}_{day:02}/{station}.{year}-{month:02}-{day:02}_{time:04}.mp4"
-        vid = cv2.VideoCapture(url)
-        if int(vid.get(7)) == 0:  # check if there are any frames
+        try:
+            urllib.request.urlopen(url)
+        except:
             raise ValueError(f"{url} is not a valid url.")
-        else:
-            self.url = url
-            self.video = vid
-            self.name = f"{station}_{year}_{month}_{day}_{time}"
+        vid = cv2.VideoCapture(url)
+        self.url = url
+        self.video = vid
+        self.name = f"{station}_{year}_{month}_{day}_{time}"
 
     def download_url(self, fout: str = None, verbose: bool = True):
         """Download the video from the instance url.
@@ -144,9 +145,8 @@ def save_frames(
             raise ValueError(
                 f"delta_t should be less than {int(self.frames / self.fps)}."
             )
-        print(self.fps)
         step = delta_t * self.fps
-        step_range = range(0, (self.frames + 1), step)
+        step_range = range(0, (self.frames), step)
         loop = tqdm(step_range) if verbose else step_range
         tmp_dir = os.path.join(fout_path, "jpg")  # save images in a "jpg" folder
         if os.path.exists(tmp_dir):
diff --git a/tests/test_pywebcat.py b/tests/test_pywebcat.py
index 26ec019..326c2a6 100644
--- a/tests/test_pywebcat.py
+++ b/tests/test_pywebcat.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 
 def test_version():
-    assert __version__ == "0.1.5"
+    assert __version__ == "0.1.6"
 
 
 def test_generate_url():