diff --git a/scripts/system/places/places.html b/scripts/system/places/places.html
index 83def56ed9..040eaa422e 100644
--- a/scripts/system/places/places.html
+++ b/scripts/system/places/places.html
@@ -215,11 +215,16 @@
                             regionStyle = " style='background-color: #004d57;'";
                         }
 
+                        var serverInError = "";
+                        if (metaverseList[m].error) {
+                            serverInError = "💀 ";
+                        }
+
                         formattedMetaverseList = formattedMetaverseList + "<div class = 'placeEntry' id='place-" + metaverseList[m].url + "'" + regionStyle + "><div class = 'blur'>";
                         formattedMetaverseList = formattedMetaverseList + "<table class='placeTable'>";
                         formattedMetaverseList = formattedMetaverseList + "    <tr valign = 'top'>";
                         formattedMetaverseList = formattedMetaverseList + "        <td width='2%'></td>";                                
-                        formattedMetaverseList = formattedMetaverseList + "        <td align='left' width='75%' ><font class= 'metaverseTitle region-" + metaverseList[m].region.toUpperCase() + "' >" + metaverseList[m].url + "</font></td>";
+                        formattedMetaverseList = formattedMetaverseList + "        <td align='left' width='75%' ><font class= 'metaverseTitle region-" + metaverseList[m].region.toUpperCase() + "' >" + serverInError + metaverseList[m].url + "</font></td>";
                         if (!metaverseList[m].pinned) {
                             formattedMetaverseList = formattedMetaverseList + "        <td align='right' ><span style='padding: 0%; cursor: pointer;' onclick='pinMetaverse(" + m + ", true);'><img src='icons/notpinned.png' width='26' height='26' draggable='false'></span></td>";
                         } else {
diff --git a/scripts/system/places/places.js b/scripts/system/places/places.js
index f7c851eeca..9ec09ecec3 100644
--- a/scripts/system/places/places.js
+++ b/scripts/system/places/places.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     var metaverseServers = [];
     var SETTING_METAVERSE_TO_FETCH = "placesAppMetaverseToFetch";
     var SETTING_PINNED_METAVERSE = "placesAppPinnedMetaverse";
+    var REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 10000; //10 seconds
          
     var httpRequest = null;
     var placesData;
@@ -183,6 +184,11 @@
         for (var i = 0; i < metaverseServers.length; i++ ) {
             if (metaverseServers[i].fetch === true) {
                 extractedData = getContent(metaverseServers[i].url + "/api/v1/places?status=online" + "&acash=" + Math.floor(Math.random() * 999999));
+                if (extractedData === "") {
+                    metaverseServers[i].error = true;
+                } else {
+                    metaverseServers[i].error = false;
+                }
                 try {
                     placesData = JSON.parse(extractedData);
                     processData(metaverseServers[i]);
@@ -326,6 +332,10 @@
     function getContent(url) {
         httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
         httpRequest.open("GET", url, false); // false for synchronous request
+        httpRequest.timeout = REQUEST_TIMEOUT;
+        httpRequest.ontimeout=function(){ 
+            return ""; 
+        };        
         httpRequest.send( null );
         return httpRequest.responseText;
     }