diff --git a/app/interactions/actions/do_request.rb b/app/interactions/actions/do_request.rb
index 9099047b9..5784beee3 100644
--- a/app/interactions/actions/do_request.rb
+++ b/app/interactions/actions/do_request.rb
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ module Actions
                    do_live_request(@request, @uri)
                  end
       response
-    rescue StandardError
-      response.fail!(error: StandardError.message)
+    rescue StandardError, OpenURI::HTTPError => e
+      Rails.logger.debug e.message
     end
 
     def do_live_request(request, uri)
diff --git a/test/interactions/do_request_test.rb b/test/interactions/do_request_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a26eb0451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactions/do_request_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class DoRequestTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+
+  setup do
+    WebMock.disable_net_connect!
+
+    @uri = URI.parse("#{ENV['repp_url']}registrar/nameservers")
+    @request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(@uri, 'Content-Type' => 'application/json')
+    @nameserver = nameservers(:shop_ns1)
+    @domain = domains(:shop)
+    @user = users(:api_bestnames)
+
+    @request.body = { data: { type: 'nameserver', id: @nameserver.hostname,
+                             domains: ["shop.test"],
+                             attributes: { hostname: 'new-ns.bestnames.test',
+                                           ipv4: '192.0.2.55',
+                                           ipv6: '2001:db8::55' } } }.to_json
+    @request.basic_auth(@user.username, @user.plain_text_password)
+  end
+
+  def test_request_occurs 
+    stub_request(:put, "http://epp:3000/repp/v1/registrar/nameservers").
+    with(
+      body: "{\"data\":{\"type\":\"nameserver\",\"id\":\"ns1.bestnames.test\",\"domains\":[\"shop.test\"],\"attributes\":{\"hostname\":\"new-ns.bestnames.test\",\"ipv4\":\"192.0.2.55\",\"ipv6\":\"2001:db8::55\"}}}",
+      headers: {
+      'Accept'=>'*/*',
+      'Accept-Encoding'=>'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3',
+      'Authorization'=>'Basic dGVzdF9iZXN0bmFtZXM6dGVzdHRlc3Q=',
+      'Content-Type'=>'application/json',
+      'Host'=>'epp:3000',
+      'User-Agent'=>'Ruby'
+      }).
+    to_return(status: 200, body: ["shop.test"], headers: {})
+
+    action = Actions::DoRequest.new(@request, @uri)
+    response = action.call
+
+    assert_equal response.body, ["shop.test"]
+    assert_equal response.code, "200"
+  end
+end
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