diff --git a/0001-Proper-exception-handling-in-tornado_requests.patch b/0001-Proper-exception-handling-in-tornado_requests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64f25d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Proper-exception-handling-in-tornado_requests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+From 6c015819dffaafd6450916ac3028b446e9e36313 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: George Almasi <gheorghe@us.ibm.com>
+Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 14:10:00 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Proper exception handling in tornado_requests
+
+Signed-off-by: George Almasi <gheorghe@us.ibm.com>
+---
+ keylime/tornado_requests.py | 5 +++--
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/keylime/tornado_requests.py b/keylime/tornado_requests.py
+index 67c03ab..9485c33 100644
+--- a/keylime/tornado_requests.py
++++ b/keylime/tornado_requests.py
+@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ async def request(method, url, params=None, data=None, context=None, headers=Non
+     except httpclient.HTTPError as e:
+         if e.response is None:
+             return TornadoResponse(500, str(e))
+-
+         return TornadoResponse(e.response.code, e.response.body)
+     except ConnectionError as e:
+         return TornadoResponse(599, f"Connection error: {str(e)}")
+@@ -40,8 +39,10 @@ async def request(method, url, params=None, data=None, context=None, headers=Non
+         return TornadoResponse(599, f"SSL connection error: {str(e)}")
+     except OSError as e:
+         return TornadoResponse(599, f"TCP/IP Connection error: {str(e)}")
++    except Exception as e:
++        return TornadoResponse(599, f"General communication failure: {str(e)}")
+     if response is None:
+-        return None
++        return TornadoResponse(599, "Unspecified failure in tornado (empty http response)")
+     return TornadoResponse(response.code, response.body)
+ 
+ 
+-- 
+2.38.1
+
diff --git a/keylime.spec b/keylime.spec
index c5f99e9..db22c32 100644
--- a/keylime.spec
+++ b/keylime.spec
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Source1:        %{srcname}.sysusers
 # The selinux policy for keylime is distributed via this repo: https://github.com/RedHat-SP-Security/keylime-selinux
 Source2:        https://github.com/RedHat-SP-Security/%{name}-selinux/archive/v%{policy_version}/keylime-selinux-%{policy_version}.tar.gz
 
+Patch: 0001-Proper-exception-handling-in-tornado_requests.patch
+
 # Main program: BSD
 # Icons: MIT
 License: ASL 2.0 and MIT