diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d7f58d..d40ff38 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - ✨ — No need cron tasks for agents watching (#76)
 - ✨ — Reload configuration asynchronously (#79)
 - 🐛 — Automatically reconnect to LDAP if unreachable (#81)
+- 🐛 — Better httpx.RequestError handling (#83)
 
 ## 0.7.4
 
diff --git a/argos/agent.py b/argos/agent.py
index 70689e5..dec1e50 100644
--- a/argos/agent.py
+++ b/argos/agent.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class ArgosAgent:  # pylint: disable-msg=too-many-instance-attributes
                     await asyncio.sleep(self.wait_time)
 
     async def _do_request(self, group: str, details: dict):
+        logger.debug("_do_request for group %s", group)
         headers = {}
         if details["request_data"] is not None:
             request_data = json.loads(details["request_data"])
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ class ArgosAgent:  # pylint: disable-msg=too-many-instance-attributes
                 )
         except httpx.ReadError:
             sleep(1)
+            logger.warning("httpx.ReadError for group %s, re-emit request", group)
             if details["request_data"] is None or request_data["data"] is None:
                 response = await http_client.request(  # type: ignore[union-attr]
                     method=details["method"], url=details["url"], timeout=60
@@ -138,6 +140,9 @@ class ArgosAgent:  # pylint: disable-msg=too-many-instance-attributes
                     data=request_data["data"],
                     timeout=60,
                 )
+        except httpx.RequestError as err:
+            logger.warning("httpx.RequestError for group %s", group)
+            response = err
 
         self._res_cache[group] = response
 
@@ -147,15 +152,21 @@ class ArgosAgent:  # pylint: disable-msg=too-many-instance-attributes
 
             check_class = get_registered_check(task.check)
             check = check_class(task)
-            result = await check.run(self._res_cache[task.task_group])
-            status = result.status
-            context = result.context
 
+            response = self._res_cache[task.task_group]
+            if isinstance(response, httpx.Response):
+                result = await check.run(response)
+                status = result.status
+                context = result.context
+            else:
+                status = "failure"
+                context = SerializableException.from_exception(response)
         except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             status = "error"
             context = SerializableException.from_exception(err)
             msg = f"An exception occured when running {_task}. {err.__class__.__name__} : {err}"
             logger.error(msg)
+
         return AgentResult(task_id=task.id, status=status, context=context)
 
     async def _get_and_complete_tasks(self):