diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-branch-main.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-branch-main.yml
index c59412b..6040e95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-branch-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-branch-main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - 'README.md'
       - 'LICENSE.md'
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
       - '.gitignore'
       - 'renovate.json'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-development.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-development.yml
index f31d988..382f942 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-development.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-development.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - 'README.md'
       - 'LICENSE.md'
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
       - '.gitignore'
       - 'renovate.json'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pull-request.yml
index 7de9d84..c4728b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pull-request.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - 'README.md'
       - 'LICENSE.md'
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
       - '.gitignore'
       - 'renovate.json'
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6cc0c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# 1.1
+- Added checks to ensure API responses are as expected
+
+# 1.0
+- Initial release
diff --git a/app/_version.py b/app/_version.py
index c51437b..71a2ee0 100644
--- a/app/_version.py
+++ b/app/_version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 """MODULE: Specifies app version."""
 
-VERSION = "1.0"
+VERSION = "1.1"
diff --git a/app/ip_info.py b/app/ip_info.py
index ade9dde..9e41e1a 100644
--- a/app/ip_info.py
+++ b/app/ip_info.py
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ import requests
 def get_ip_information(ipv4_address: ipaddress.IPv4Address) -> dict:
     """Retrieves information about a given IPv4 address from IP-API.com."""
     api_endpoint = f"http://ip-api.com/json/{ipv4_address}"
-    resp = requests.get(api_endpoint).json()
-    return resp
+    try:
+        resp = requests.get(api_endpoint)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
+        ret = resp.json() if resp.json().get("status") == "success" else None
+    except (requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError, requests.exceptions.HTTPError):
+        ret = None
+    return ret
 
 
 def get_autonomous_system_number(as_info: str) -> str:
@@ -22,7 +27,11 @@ def get_autonomous_system_number(as_info: str) -> str:
 def get_prefix_information(autonomous_system: int) -> list:
     """Retrieves prefix information about a given autonomous system."""
     api_endpoint = f"https://api.hackertarget.com/aslookup/?q={str(autonomous_system)}"
-    resp = requests.get(api_endpoint).text
-    prefixes = resp.split("\n")
+    try:
+        resp = requests.get(api_endpoint)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
+    except requests.exceptions.HTTPError:
+        return None
+    prefixes = resp.text.split("\n")
     prefixes.pop(0)
     return prefixes
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 898afb8..6223415 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ def main():
 
     # Get information from API
     ip_info = get_ip_information(ip_address)
+    if not ip_info:
+        print("ERROR: could not retrieve IP information from API.")
+        sys.exit(1)
     as_number = get_autonomous_system_number(ip_info.get("as"))
 
     # Assemble list for table generation
@@ -56,7 +59,11 @@ def main():
     # If wanted, get prefix information
     if args.prefixes:
         prefix_info = get_prefix_information(as_number)
-        table_data.append(["Prefixes", generate_prefix_string(prefix_info)])
+        if not prefix_info:
+            print("ERROR: could not retrieve prefix information from API.")
+            sys.exit(1)
+        else:
+            table_data.append(["Prefixes", generate_prefix_string(prefix_info)])
 
     print_table(table_data)