diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3f7fcea..58c7652 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ rvm:
 - 2.2
 - 2.1
 - 2.0
+- 1.9.3
 sudo: false
 notifications:
   email: false
diff --git a/lib/jekyll-gist/gist_tag.rb b/lib/jekyll-gist/gist_tag.rb
index 459df13..387b3ff 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-gist/gist_tag.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-gist/gist_tag.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 require 'cgi'
 require 'net/http'
 
+Net::OpenTimeout = Class.new(RuntimeError) unless Net.const_defined?(:OpenTimeout)
+Net::ReadTimeout = Class.new(RuntimeError) unless Net.const_defined?(:ReadTimeout)
+
 module Jekyll
   module Gist
     class GistTag < Liquid::Tag
@@ -62,19 +65,13 @@ def fetch_raw_code(gist_id, filename = nil)
         begin
           uri = URI(url)
           Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port,
-            use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https', 
+            use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https',
             read_timeout: 3, open_timeout: 3) do |http|
-            request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri
+            request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri.to_s
             response = http.request(request)
             response.body
           end
-        rescue SocketError
-          nil
-        rescue Net::HTTPError
-          nil
-        rescue Net::OpenTimeout
-          nil
-        rescue Net::ReadTimeout
+        rescue SocketError, Net::HTTPError, Net::OpenTimeout, Net::ReadTimeout
           nil
         end
       end