diff --git a/telegram_bot/bot_scheduler.py b/telegram_bot/bot_scheduler.py
index e69de29..8fcef6f 100644
--- a/telegram_bot/bot_scheduler.py
+++ b/telegram_bot/bot_scheduler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"""
+script for regularly sending updates on shares and news based on user interval
+"""
+__author__ = "Florian Kellermann, Linus Eickhoff"
+__date__ = "05.04.2022"
+__version__ = "0.0.1" 
+__license__ = "None"
+
+import shares.share_fetcher as share_fetcher
+import news.news_fetcher as news_fetcher
+
+import datetime
+import sys
+from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler
+
+'''
+* * * * * code
+┬ ┬ ┬ ┬ ┬
+│ │ │ │ │
+│ │ │ │ └──── weekday (0->Monday, 7->Sunday)
+│ │ │ └────── Month (1-12)
+│ │ └──────── Day (1-31)
+│ └────────── Hour (0-23)
+└──────────── Minute (0-59)
+
+example 0 8 * * * -> daily update at 8am
+'''
+
+def user_updates():
+    """sends timed updates automatically to user
+
+    Args:
+        
+    Returns:
+    
+    """
+    return
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diff --git a/telegram_bot/news/news_fetcher.py b/telegram_bot/news/news_fetcher.py
index 2b79721..96f50ff 100644
--- a/telegram_bot/news/news_fetcher.py
+++ b/telegram_bot/news/news_fetcher.py
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ load_dotenv()
 # Init
 api_key = os.getenv('NEWS_API_KEY')
 newsapi = NewsApiClient(api_key=api_key)
-source_json = requests.get(f"https://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines/sources?apiKey={api_key}&language=en").json()
-sources = source_json["sources"]
-str_sources = ",".join([source["id"] for source in sources])
+try:
+    source_json = requests.get(f"https://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines/sources?apiKey={api_key}&language=en").json()
+    sources = source_json["sources"]
+    str_sources = ",".join([source["id"] for source in sources])
+except KeyError:
+    print("Error: Could not get sources")
+    sys.exit(1)
     
 
 def get_all_news_by_keyword(keyword, from_date="2000-01-01"):