diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py
index dbf87a8a..acdcf137 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class FanFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         url = self.origurl
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
+        raise exceptions.FailedToDownload("The site fanfiction.net is blocking downloads.  Site is disabled in FanFicFare until further notice.")
 
         # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
         try: