diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 35c66989..1506e1bb 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: pxweb
 Title: R Interface to PXWEB APIs
-Version: 0.16.3
-Date: 2024-01-13
+Version: 0.17.0
+Date: 2024-01-28
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Mans", "Magnusson", , "mons.magnusson@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-0296-2719")),
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Depends:
     R (>= 3.5.0)
 Imports: 
     checkmate,
+    curl,
     httr (>= 1.1),
     jsonlite
 Suggests: 
diff --git a/R/pxweb.R b/R/pxweb.R
index 8c9e19d0..04d42325 100644
--- a/R/pxweb.R
+++ b/R/pxweb.R
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 #'
 #' @export
 pxweb <- function(url) {
+  if(!curl::has_internet()){
+    message(no_internet_msg())
+    return(NULL)
+  }
   if (is.pxweb(url)) {
     return(url)
   }
@@ -119,3 +123,7 @@ pxweb_tempdir <- function(to = "apis") {
     return(tmp_dir_logs)
   }
 }
+
+no_internet_msg <- function(){
+  return("No internet access.")
+}
diff --git a/R/pxweb_get.R b/R/pxweb_get.R
index 037017be..558f4689 100644
--- a/R/pxweb_get.R
+++ b/R/pxweb_get.R
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ pxweb_get_data <- function(url, query, verbose = TRUE, column.name.type = "text"
 #'            both \code{httr::POST} and \code{httr::GET}.
 #' @export
 pxweb_advanced_get <- function(url, query = NULL, verbose = TRUE, log_http_calls = FALSE, pxmdo = NULL, ...) {
+  if(!curl::has_internet()){
+    message(no_internet_msg())
+    return(NULL)
+  }
   checkmate::assert_flag(log_http_calls)
   checkmate::assert_class(pxmdo, classes = "pxweb_metadata", null.ok = TRUE)
   if (log_http_calls) {
diff --git a/R/pxweb_interactive.R b/R/pxweb_interactive.R
index 1dc413e8..fa6bb279 100644
--- a/R/pxweb_interactive.R
+++ b/R/pxweb_interactive.R
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 #' ##  x <- pxweb_interactive(x = "https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/BE/BE0101/BE0101A/")
 #'
 pxweb_interactive <- function(x = NULL) {
+  if(!curl::has_internet()){
+    message(no_internet_msg())
+    return(NULL)
+  }
   # Setup structure
   pxe <- pxweb_explorer(x)