From 82c0f6fc0f4d24886c0314cd4236cb0ebd85b635 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: willyb321 <wbwilliam7@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 07:47:47 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] hopefully fix beta.coriolis.edcd.io

---
 src/app/utils/ShortenUrl.js | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/app/utils/ShortenUrl.js b/src/app/utils/ShortenUrl.js
index 5e1b403d..f2c31a63 100644
--- a/src/app/utils/ShortenUrl.js
+++ b/src/app/utils/ShortenUrl.js
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 import request from 'superagent';
 
-const agent = request.agent();
+let agent;
+try {
+  agent = request.agent(); // apparently this crashes somehow
+} catch (e) {
+  console.error(e);
+}
+if (!agent) {
+  agent = request;
+}
 
 /**
  * Shorten a URL