diff --git a/influxpush.cc b/influxpush.cc
index 3d13ad7..e91f180 100644
--- a/influxpush.cc
+++ b/influxpush.cc
@@ -114,8 +114,14 @@ void InfluxPusher::doSend(const set<std::string>& buffer)
       infl.open ("infl.txt", std::ofstream::out | std::ofstream::app);
       infl << newout;
     */
-    
-    mc.postURL("http://127.0.0.1:8086/write?db="+d_dbname, newout, mch);
+    try {    
+      mc.postURL("http://127.0.0.1:8086/write?db="+d_dbname, newout, mch);
+    }
+    catch(std::exception& e) {
+      if(strstr(e.what(), "retention"))
+        return;
+      throw;        
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/minicurl.cc b/minicurl.cc
index b5a0189..840791a 100644
--- a/minicurl.cc
+++ b/minicurl.cc
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ std::string MiniCurl::postURL(const std::string& str, const std::string& postdat
   if(res != CURLE_OK || http_code >= 300 ) {
     cerr<<"Detailed error: "<<d_data<<endl;
     cerr<<postdata<<endl;
-    throw std::runtime_error("Unable to post URL ("+std::to_string(http_code)+"): "+string(curl_easy_strerror(res)));
+    throw std::runtime_error("Unable to post URL ("+std::to_string(http_code)+"): "+string(curl_easy_strerror(res))+", detail: "+d_data);
   }
 
   std::string ret=d_data;