diff --git a/data/functions/generate_average_co2.js b/data/functions/generate_average_co2.js
index 8161c139..a5238fa1 100644
--- a/data/functions/generate_average_co2.js
+++ b/data/functions/generate_average_co2.js
@@ -24,79 +24,90 @@ const type = "average";
 // Save a minified version of the JS file to the src/data folder
 
 (async () => {
-  const response = await fetch(sourceURL);
-  const data = await response.json();
-
-  // Group data by country_code
-  const groupedData = await data.reduce((acc, item) => {
-    const key =
-      item.country_code === "" ? item.country_or_region : item.country_code;
-    if (!acc[key]) {
-      acc[key] = [];
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(sourceURL);
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error(`Network response was not ok: ${response.statusText}`);
     }
-    acc[key].push(item);
-    return acc;
-  }, {});
+    const data = await response.json();
+
+    // Group data by country_code
+    const groupedData = await data.reduce((acc, item) => {
+      const key =
+        item.country_code === "" ? item.country_or_region : item.country_code;
+      if (!acc[key]) {
+        acc[key] = [];
+      }
+      acc[key].push(item);
+      return acc;
+    }, {});
+
+    // Loop through the grouped data and find the latest year
+    const latestData = await Object.keys(groupedData).reduce((acc, key) => {
+      // Find the last year in the array with emissions intensity data
+      const latestYear = groupedData[key].reduce((acc, item, index) => {
+        if (
+          item.emissions_intensity_gco2_per_kwh === null ||
+          item.emissions_intensity_gco2_per_kwh === ""
+        ) {
+          return acc;
+        }
+        return index;
+      }, 0);
 
-  // Loop through the grouped data and find the latest year
-  const latestData = await Object.keys(groupedData).reduce((acc, key) => {
-    // Find the last year in the array with emissions intensity data
-    const latestYear = groupedData[key].reduce((acc, item, index) => {
+      acc[key] = groupedData[key][latestYear];
+      return acc;
+    }, {});
+
+    // Loop through the data and extract the emissions intensity data
+    // Save it to the gridIntensityResults object with the country code as the key
+    Object.values(latestData).forEach((row) => {
       if (
-        item.emissions_intensity_gco2_per_kwh === null ||
-        item.emissions_intensity_gco2_per_kwh === ""
+        row.emissions_intensity_gco2_per_kwh === null ||
+        row.emissions_intensity_gco2_per_kwh === ""
       ) {
-        return acc;
+        return;
       }
-      return index;
-    }, 0);
-
-    acc[key] = groupedData[key][latestYear];
-    return acc;
-  }, {});
 
-  // Loop through the data and extract the emissions intensity data
-  // Save it to the gridIntensityResults object with the country code as the key
-  Object.values(latestData).forEach((row) => {
-    if (
-      row.emissions_intensity_gco2_per_kwh === null ||
-      row.emissions_intensity_gco2_per_kwh === ""
-    ) {
-      return;
-    }
+      const country =
+        row.country_code === "" ? row.country_or_region : row.country_code;
 
-    const country =
-      row.country_code === "" ? row.country_or_region : row.country_code;
+      gridIntensityResults[country.toUpperCase()] =
+        row.emissions_intensity_gco2_per_kwh;
 
-    gridIntensityResults[country.toUpperCase()] =
-      row.emissions_intensity_gco2_per_kwh;
+      generalResults[country] = {
+        country_code: row.country_code,
+        country_or_region: row.country_or_region,
+        year: row.year,
+        emissions_intensity_gco2_per_kwh: row.emissions_intensity_gco2_per_kwh,
+      };
+    });
 
-    generalResults[country] = {
-      country_code: row.country_code,
-      country_or_region: row.country_or_region,
-      year: row.year,
-      emissions_intensity_gco2_per_kwh: row.emissions_intensity_gco2_per_kwh,
-    };
-  });
+    // Ensure directories exist
+    fs.mkdirSync("data/output", { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync("src/data", { recursive: true });
 
-  // This saves the country code and emissions data only, for use in the CO2.js library
-  fs.writeFileSync(
-    "data/output/average-intensities.js",
-    `const data = ${JSON.stringify(gridIntensityResults, null, "  ")}; 
-const type = "${type}";
-export { data, type }; 
-export default { data, type };
-`
-  );
-  // Save a minified version to the src folder so that it can be easily imported into the library
-  fs.writeFileSync(
-    "src/data/average-intensities.min.js",
-    `const data = ${JSON.stringify(gridIntensityResults)}; const type = "${type}"; export { data, type }; export default { data, type };`
-  );
+    // This saves the country code and emissions data only, for use in the CO2.js library
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      "data/output/average-intensities.js",
+      `const data = ${JSON.stringify(gridIntensityResults, null, "  ")}; 
+      const type = "${type}";
+      export { data, type }; 
+      export default { data, type };
+      `
+    );
+    // Save a minified version to the src folder so that it can be easily imported into the library
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      "src/data/average-intensities.min.js",
+      `const data = ${JSON.stringify(gridIntensityResults)}; const type = "${type}"; export { data, type }; export default { data, type };`
+    );
 
-  // This saves the full data set as a JSON file for reference.
-  fs.writeFileSync(
-    "data/output/average-intensities.json",
-    JSON.stringify(generalResults, null, "  ")
-  );
+    // This saves the full data set as a JSON file for reference.
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      "data/output/average-intensities.json",
+      JSON.stringify(generalResults, null, "  ")
+    );
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Error fetching or processing data:", error);
+  }
 })();
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