diff --git a/src/components/widgets/Background.jsx b/src/components/widgets/Background.jsx
index 531a1ba9..65d27220 100644
--- a/src/components/widgets/Background.jsx
+++ b/src/components/widgets/Background.jsx
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ export default class Background extends React.PureComponent {
         data = await fetch(requestURL);
         data = await data.json();
 
+        if (data.statusCode === 429) return this.doOffline(); // If we hit the ratelimit, we fallback to local quotes
+
         document.getElementById('backgroundImage').setAttribute(
           'style', `-webkit-filter:blur(${localStorage.getItem('blur')}px); background-image: url(${data.file})`
         ); // Set background and blur etc
diff --git a/src/components/widgets/Quote.jsx b/src/components/widgets/Quote.jsx
index 3cfcd6fa..086d8227 100644
--- a/src/components/widgets/Quote.jsx
+++ b/src/components/widgets/Quote.jsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export default class Quote extends React.PureComponent {
     try { // First we try and get a quote from the API...
       let data = await fetch(Constants.API_URL + '/getQuote');
       data = await data.json();
-      if (data.statusCode === 429) this.doOffline(); // If we hit the ratelimit, we fallback to local quotes
+      if (data.statusCode === 429) return this.doOffline(); // If we hit the ratelimit, we fallback to local quotes
       this.setState({
         quote: '"' + data.quote + '"',
         author: data.author