diff --git a/ia-cdx-search b/ia-cdx-search
index 114c2b9..de9cbcb 100755
--- a/ia-cdx-search
+++ b/ia-cdx-search
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ def fetch(url, tries, connection):
 			status = r.status
 			print(f'{status} {url}', file = sys.stderr)
 			if status == 302 and r.getheader('Location') in ('https://web.archive.org/429.html', '/429.html'):
-				# The CDX API is stupid and doesn't return 429s directly...
+				# The CDX API is (was?) stupid and doesn't return 429s directly...
+				status = 429
+			if status == 429:
 				print('Exceeded rate limit, waiting...', file = sys.stderr)
 				time.sleep(30)
 				raise RuntimeError(f'Rate-limited on {url}')