diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c20725c6..c5a53f3e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ data/committee_mms_videos
 /node_modules
 notebooks/
 npm-debug.log
+*.egg-info
diff --git a/committees/management/commands/scrape_committee_meetings.py b/committees/management/commands/scrape_committee_meetings.py
index b945bacd..3aa84b5e 100644
--- a/committees/management/commands/scrape_committee_meetings.py
+++ b/committees/management/commands/scrape_committee_meetings.py
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 from mks.utils import get_all_mk_names
 from simple.scrapers import hebrew_strftime
 from simple.scrapers.management import BaseKnessetDataserviceCommand
-from knesset.utils import send_chat_notification
+from knesset.utils import send_chat_notification, send_chat_exception_notification
 import traceback
+from knesset_data.dataservice.exceptions import KnessetDataServiceRequestException
 
 ERR_MSG = 'failed to get meetings for committee {}'
 
@@ -88,17 +89,17 @@ def _get_meetings(self, committee_id, from_date, to_date):
         try:
             meetings = DataserviceCommitteeMeeting.get(committee_id, from_date, to_date)
             return meetings
-        except Exception as e:
+        except KnessetDataServiceRequestException as e:
             err_msg = ERR_MSG.format(committee_id)
             err_msg_report = ERR_MSG_REPORT.format(committee_id, str(e))
             DataserviceCommitteeMeeting.error_report(err_msg, err_msg_report)
             self._log_error(err_msg)
-            send_chat_notification(__name__,
-                                   "Received unexpected exception from DataServiceCommitteeMeeting.get()",
-                                   {'exception': traceback.format_exc(),
-                                    'committee_id': committee_id,
+            send_chat_exception_notification(__name__,
+                                   "Failed to fetch from committee meetings knesset dataservice",
+                                   {'committee_id': committee_id,
                                     'from_date': from_date,
-                                    'to_date': to_date})
+                                    'to_date': to_date,
+                                    'url': e.url}, e)
         return []
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/knesset/utils.py b/knesset/utils.py
index f3cd3126..899d37fa 100644
--- a/knesset/utils.py
+++ b/knesset/utils.py
@@ -178,10 +178,8 @@ def reverse_with_query(viewname, args=None, kwargs=None, query_kwargs=None):
 
 def send_chat_notification(file, text, data):
     from django_slack import slack_message
+    text = ("{text}\n{data}\n-- {file}").format(file=file, text=text, data=data)
     if getattr(settings, 'SLACK_BACKEND', None) in (None, 'django_slack.backends.DisabledBackend'):
-        text = ("{text}\n"
-                "{data}\n"
-                "-- {file}").format(file=file, text=text, data=data)
         print "-- SLACK MESSAGE"
         print text
         print "----"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 220fa5f8..89f63833 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pyjwt
 django-sslserver
 python-hebrew-numbers==0.1.0
 git+https://github.com/turnkeylinux/octohub.git
-knesset-data==1.0.0
+knesset-data==1.2.0
 
 django-waffle==0.11
 django-import-export==0.4.2