diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index fb84ae0..80db7af 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use futures_lite::future::block_on;
 use futures_lite::{future::Boxed, FutureExt};
 use hyper::client::HttpConnector;
 use hyper::header::HeaderValue;
-use hyper::StatusCode;
 use hyper::{body, body::Buf, client, header, Body, Client, Method, Request, Response, Uri};
 use hyper_rustls::HttpsConnector;
 use libflate::gzip;
@@ -433,6 +432,15 @@ pub async fn json(path: String, quarantine: bool) -> Result<Value, String> {
 								if json["reason"] == "gated" {
 									return Err("gated".into());
 								}
+								// Handle private subs
+								if json["reason"] == "private" {
+									return Err("private".into());
+								}
+								// Handle banned subs
+								if json["reason"] == "banned" {
+									return Err("banned".into());
+								}
+
 								Err(format!("Reddit error {} \"{}\": {} | {path}", json["error"], json["reason"], json["message"]))
 							} else {
 								Ok(json)
@@ -478,3 +486,24 @@ async fn test_share_link_strip_json() {
 	let canonical_link = "/comments/17krzvz".into();
 	assert_eq!(canonical_path(link, 3).await, Ok(Some(canonical_link)));
 }
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn test_private_sub() {
+	let link = json("/r/suicide/about.json?raw_json=1".into(), true).await;
+	assert!(link.is_err());
+	assert_eq!(link, Err("private".into()));
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn test_banned_sub() {
+	let link = json("/r/aaa/about.json?raw_json=1".into(), true).await;
+	assert!(link.is_err());
+	assert_eq!(link, Err("banned".into()));
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn test_gated_sub() {
+	// quarantine to false to specifically catch when we _don't_ catch it
+	let link = json("/r/drugs/about.json?raw_json=1".into(), false).await;
+	assert!(link.is_err());
+	assert_eq!(link, Err("gated".into()));
+}