diff --git a/assets/badges/unknown.svg b/assets/badges/unknown.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..959f89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/badges/unknown.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="146" height="20"><linearGradient id="b" x2="0" y2="100%"><stop offset="0" stop-color="#bbb" stop-opacity=".1"/><stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".1"/></linearGradient><clipPath id="a"><rect width="146" height="20" rx="3" fill="#fff"/></clipPath><g clip-path="url(#a)"><path fill="#555" d="M0 0h85v20H0z"/><path fill="#9f9f9f" d="M85 0h61v20H85z"/><path fill="url(#b)" d="M0 0h146v20H0z"/></g><g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="110"><text x="435" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="750">dependencies</text><text x="435" y="140" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="750">dependencies</text><text x="1145" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="510">unknown</text><text x="1145" y="140" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="510">unknown</text></g> </svg>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server/assets.rs b/src/server/assets.rs
index d92e5be..8eecfe6 100644
--- a/src/server/assets.rs
+++ b/src/server/assets.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ pub static BADGE_UPTODATE_SVG: &'static [u8; 978] =
     include_bytes!("../../assets/badges/up-to-date.svg");
 pub static BADGE_OUTDATED_SVG: &'static [u8; 974] =
     include_bytes!("../../assets/badges/outdated.svg");
+pub static BADGE_UNKNOWN_SVG: &'static [u8; 972] =
+    include_bytes!("../../assets/badges/unknown.svg");
 
 pub static STATIC_STYLE_CSS: &'static str =
     include_str!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/style.css"));
diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index 50a91fd..c94073f 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ mod views;
 use ::engine::{Engine, AnalyzeDependenciesOutcome};
 use ::models::repo::RepoPath;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
 enum StatusFormat {
     Html,
     Json,
@@ -101,10 +101,14 @@ impl Server {
                     future::Either::B(server.engine.analyze_dependencies(repo_path.clone()).then(move |analyze_result| {
                         match analyze_result {
                             Err(err) => {
-                                let mut response = Response::new();
-                                response.set_status(StatusCode::InternalServerError);
-                                response.set_body(format!("{:?}", err));
-                                future::Either::A(future::ok(response))
+                                if format != StatusFormat::Svg {
+                                    let mut response = Response::new();
+                                    response.set_status(StatusCode::BadRequest);
+                                    response.set_body(format!("{:?}", err));
+                                    future::Either::A(future::ok(response))
+                                } else {
+                                    future::Either::A(future::ok(views::status_svg(None)))
+                                }
                             },
                             Ok(analysis_outcome) => {
                                 let response = Server::status_format_analysis(analysis_outcome, format, repo_path);
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ impl Server {
             StatusFormat::Json =>
                 views::status_json(analysis_outcome),
             StatusFormat::Svg =>
-                views::status_svg(analysis_outcome),
+                views::status_svg(Some(analysis_outcome)),
             StatusFormat::Html =>
                 views::html::status::render(analysis_outcome, repo_path)
         }
diff --git a/src/server/views/status_svg.rs b/src/server/views/status_svg.rs
index e25fc93..1e23d99 100644
--- a/src/server/views/status_svg.rs
+++ b/src/server/views/status_svg.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@ use hyper::header::ContentType;
 use ::server::assets;
 use ::engine::AnalyzeDependenciesOutcome;
 
-pub fn status_svg(analysis_outcome: AnalyzeDependenciesOutcome) -> Response {
+pub fn status_svg(analysis_outcome: Option<AnalyzeDependenciesOutcome>) -> Response {
     let mut response = Response::new()
         .with_header(ContentType("image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8".parse().unwrap()));
-    if analysis_outcome.deps.any_outdated() {
-        response.set_body(assets::BADGE_OUTDATED_SVG.to_vec());
+    if let Some(outcome) = analysis_outcome {
+        if outcome.deps.any_outdated() {
+            response.set_body(assets::BADGE_OUTDATED_SVG.to_vec());
+        } else {
+            response.set_body(assets::BADGE_UPTODATE_SVG.to_vec());
+        }
     } else {
-        response.set_body(assets::BADGE_UPTODATE_SVG.to_vec());
+        response.set_body(assets::BADGE_UNKNOWN_SVG.to_vec());
     }
     response
 }