diff --git a/plugins/currency/zcash/zcash_flypool_hashrate_ b/plugins/currency/zcash/zcash_flypool_hashrate_
index 609c1aa9..4eec991d 100755
--- a/plugins/currency/zcash/zcash_flypool_hashrate_
+++ b/plugins/currency/zcash/zcash_flypool_hashrate_
@@ -82,24 +82,25 @@ except IOError as exc:
     print("Failed to request Flypool API: {}".format(exc), file=sys.stderr)
     sys.exit(9)
 
+# manage codec and error handling lookup process
 reader = codecs.getreader("utf-8")
 
 try:
     mining_stats = json.load(reader(mining_stats_raw))
 except ValueError:
     print("Failed to parse JSON responce.", file=sys.stderr)
-    sys.exit(9)
-
-try:
-    worker = mining_stats['data']
-except (KeyError, TypeError):
-    print("JSON result error!", file=sys.stderr)
-    sys.exit(9)
-
-try:
-    hash_rate = worker['currentHashrate']
-except (KeyError, TypeError):
-    print("No current Hashrate!", file=sys.stderr)
-    sys.exit(9)
-
-print("flypool_hs_{}_{}.value {}".format(zcash_address, miner, hash_rate))
+    print("flypool_hs_{}_{}.value U".format(zcash_address, miner))
+else:
+    try:
+        worker = mining_stats['data']
+    except (KeyError, TypeError):
+        print("JSON result error!", file=sys.stderr)
+        print("flypool_hs_{}_{}.value U".format(zcash_address, miner))
+    else:
+        try:
+            hash_rate = worker['currentHashrate']
+        except (KeyError, TypeError):
+            print("No current Hashrate!", file=sys.stderr)
+            print("flypool_hs_{}_{}.value U".format(zcash_address, miner))
+        else:
+            print("flypool_hs_{}_{}.value {}".format(zcash_address, miner, hash_rate))