diff --git a/class-wp-codebird.php b/class-wp-codebird.php
index 6f593b451af40543c348051f91073f2afaef1e11..04c13ad9b2ff573295e5d918ed3b9e57182a7e07 100644
--- a/class-wp-codebird.php
+++ b/class-wp-codebird.php
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ class WP_Codebird extends Codebird {
 		return self::$_instance;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Overload magic __call() to transparently intercept Exceptions
+	 *
+	 * Most exceptions encountered in production are API timeouts - this will 
+	 * transparently handle these Exceptions to prevent fatal errors
+	 */
+	public function __call( $function, $arguments ) {
+		try {
+			return parent::__call( $function, $arguments );
+		} catch ( Exception $e ) {
+			return array();
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Calls the API using Wordpress' HTTP API.
 	 *