diff --git a/cookbook/views/api.py b/cookbook/views/api.py
index 1e0b4e54..4e2b1dab 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/api.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/api.py
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ def recipe_from_source(request):
     if mode == 'url' and auto == 'true':
         try:
             scrape = scrape_me(url)
-        except WebsiteNotImplementedError:
+        except (WebsiteNotImplementedError, AttributeError):
             try:
                 scrape = scrape_me(url, wild_mode=True)
             except NoSchemaFoundInWildMode: