diff --git a/bdfr/connector.py b/bdfr/connector.py
index e04d9efe..61ed8f4e 100644
--- a/bdfr/connector.py
+++ b/bdfr/connector.py
@@ -414,7 +414,9 @@ def check_subreddit_status(subreddit: praw.models.Subreddit):
         try:
             assert subreddit.id
         except prawcore.NotFound:
-            raise errors.BulkDownloaderException(f'Source {subreddit.display_name} does not exist or cannot be found')
+            raise errors.BulkDownloaderException(f"Source {subreddit.display_name} cannot be found")
+        except prawcore.Redirect:
+            raise errors.BulkDownloaderException(f"Source {subreddit.display_name} does not exist")
         except prawcore.Forbidden:
             raise errors.BulkDownloaderException(f'Source {subreddit.display_name} is private and cannot be scraped')
 
diff --git a/tests/test_connector.py b/tests/test_connector.py
index 3a10757f..e928000d 100644
--- a/tests/test_connector.py
+++ b/tests/test_connector.py
@@ -447,7 +447,8 @@ def test_check_user_existence_banned(
 @pytest.mark.reddit
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(('test_subreddit_name', 'expected_message'), (
     ('donaldtrump', 'cannot be found'),
-    ('submitters', 'private and cannot be scraped')
+    ('submitters', 'private and cannot be scraped'),
+    ('lhnhfkuhwreolo', 'does not exist')
 ))
 def test_check_subreddit_status_bad(test_subreddit_name: str, expected_message: str, reddit_instance: praw.Reddit):
     test_subreddit = reddit_instance.subreddit(test_subreddit_name)