diff --git a/rendercv/data_model.py b/rendercv/data_model.py
index da6b2262..9b321d09 100644
--- a/rendercv/data_model.py
+++ b/rendercv/data_model.py
@@ -961,8 +961,9 @@ def check_doi(cls, doi: str) -> str:
 
         try:
             urllib.request.urlopen(doi_url)
-        except urllib.request.HTTPError:
-            raise ValueError(f"{doi} cannot be found in the DOI System 🤖")
+        except urllib.request.HTTPError as err:
+            if err.code == 404:
+                raise ValueError(f"{doi} cannot be found in the DOI System 🤖")
 
         return doi