diff --git a/app/Controllers/Home.php b/app/Controllers/Home.php
index 649a749..ae10772 100644
--- a/app/Controllers/Home.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/Home.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Home extends BaseController
 
     public function blog()
     {
-        $data = array();
+  //      $data = array();
 //        $this->db = \Config\Database::connect($this->con_name);
 //
 //        try {
@@ -103,16 +103,17 @@ class Home extends BaseController
 //        } catch (Exception $ex) {
 //
 //        }
-
-        $siteData = [];
-        $out = $this->APIcall('GET', 'https://blogdata.chiefsoft.net/blogdata/chiefsoft', []); //  https://blogdata.chiefsoft.net/
-        $siteData['blogdata'] = $out['payload']['blogdata'];
-
         $data = array();
+        $siteData = [];
+        try {
+            $out = $this->APIcall('GET', 'https://blogdata.chiefsoft.net/blogdata/chiefsoft', []); //  https://blogdata.chiefsoft.net/
+            $siteData['blogdata'] = $out['payload']['blogdata'];
 
-        $data["blog_featured"] = $siteData['blogdata'][0];
-        $data["blog_array"] = array_slice($siteData['blogdata'], 0, 7); // $siteData['blogdata'];
+            $data["blog_featured"] = $siteData['blogdata'][0];
+            $data["blog_array"] = array_slice($siteData['blogdata'], 0, 7); // $siteData['blogdata'];
+        } catch (Exception $ex) {
 
+        }
 
         $this->renderSitePage('blog', $data);
     }