diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Dashboard/DashboardController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Dashboard/DashboardController.php
index dcb60c92..ca3fdb52 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Dashboard/DashboardController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Dashboard/DashboardController.php
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ class DashboardController extends Controller
         $components = Component::orderBy('order')->get();
         $incidents = $this->getIncidents();
         $subscribers = $this->getSubscribers();
-        $feed = $this->feed->entries();
 
-        $entries = array_slice($feed->channel->item, 0, 5);
+        $entries = null;
+        if ($feed = $this->feed->entries()) {
+            $entries = array_slice($feed->channel->item, 0, 5);
+        }
 
         return View::make('dashboard.index')
             ->withPageTitle(trans('dashboard.dashboard'))
diff --git a/app/Integrations/Feed.php b/app/Integrations/Feed.php
index 9be9c474..e118076e 100644
--- a/app/Integrations/Feed.php
+++ b/app/Integrations/Feed.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace CachetHQ\Cachet\Integrations;
 
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
+use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\Repository;
 
 /**
@@ -63,12 +64,16 @@ class Feed
      */
     public function entries()
     {
-        return $this->cache->remember('feeds', 2880, function () {
-            $xml = simplexml_load_string((new Client())->get($this->url, [
-                'headers' => ['Accept' => 'application/rss+xml', 'User-Agent' => defined('CACHET_VERSION') ? 'cachet/'.constant('CACHET_VERSION') : 'cachet'],
-            ])->getBody()->getContents(), null, LIBXML_NOCDATA);
+        return $this->cache->remember('feeds', 720, function () {
+            try {
+                $xml = simplexml_load_string((new Client())->get($this->url, [
+                    'headers' => ['Accept' => 'application/rss+xml', 'User-Agent' => defined('CACHET_VERSION') ? 'cachet/'.constant('CACHET_VERSION') : 'cachet'],
+                ])->getBody()->getContents(), null, LIBXML_NOCDATA);
 
-            return json_decode(json_encode($xml));
+                return json_decode(json_encode($xml));
+            } catch (Exception $e) {
+                // Do nothing, this isn't critical.
+            }
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/resources/views/dashboard/index.blade.php b/resources/views/dashboard/index.blade.php
index cbc07663..6e449696 100644
--- a/resources/views/dashboard/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/dashboard/index.blade.php
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
             </div>
         </div>
 
+        @if($entries)
         <div class="col-sm-12 col-lg-6">
             <div class="stats-widget">
                 <div class='stats-top'>
@@ -94,12 +95,13 @@
                 <div class='stats-body'>
                     <div class="list-group">
                         @foreach($entries as $entry)
-                        <a class="list-group-item" href="{{ $entry->link }}" target="_blank">{{ $entry->title }}, <small>{{ $entry->pubDate }}</small></a>
+                        <a class="list-group-item" href="{{ $entry->link }}" target="_blank">{{ $entry->title }}, <small>{{ $entry->pubDate }}</small> <span class="badge"><i class="ion-android-open"></i></span></a>
                         @endforeach
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
+        @endif
     </div>
 </div>
 @if(Session::get('setup.done'))