diff --git a/services/requests.js b/services/requests.js
index a9c7f4d..d27db0a 100644
--- a/services/requests.js
+++ b/services/requests.js
@@ -28,10 +28,23 @@ const getAllActivities = (req, res) => {
 }
 
 const getSingleActivity = (req, res) => {
-  fetch('https://www.boredapi.com/api/activity') // fetch activity from bored API - https://www.boredapi.com/about
-    .then(data => data.json()) // return a promise containing the response
-    .then(json => res.json(json)) // extract the JSON body content from the response (specifically the activity value) and sends it to the client
-    .catch((err) => console.log(err)) // log errors to the console
+  fetch('https://www.boredapi.com/api/activity')
+    .then(data => {
+      if (!data.ok) {
+        throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${data.status}`);
+      }
+      const contentType = data.headers.get("content-type");
+      if (contentType && contentType.includes("application/json")) {
+        return data.json();
+      } else {
+        throw new Error("Received non-JSON response");
+      }
+    })
+    .then(json => res.json(json))
+    .catch((err) => {
+      console.error("Error fetching activity:", err);
+      res.status(500).json({ error: "Failed to fetch activity" });
+    });
 }
 
 const addActivityToDB = (req, res) => {