diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py b/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
index da121118..176a323e 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class WebClient(Client, LazyLogging):
 
     Attributes:
         address(str): address of the web service
+        suppress_errors(bool): suppress logging errors (e.g. if no web server available)
         user(User | None): web service user descriptor
     """
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ class WebClient(Client, LazyLogging):
         self.user = User.from_option(
             configuration.get("web", "username", fallback=None),
             configuration.get("web", "password", fallback=None))
+        self.suppress_errors = configuration.getboolean("settings", "suppress_http_log_errors", fallback=False)
 
         self.__session = self._create_session(use_unix_socket=use_unix_socket)
 
@@ -106,9 +108,13 @@ class WebClient(Client, LazyLogging):
         """
         try:
             yield
-        except requests.HTTPError as e:
+        except requests.RequestException as e:
+            if self.suppress_errors:
+                return
             self.logger.exception("could not perform http request: %s", exception_response_text(e))
         except Exception:
+            if self.suppress_errors:
+                return
             self.logger.exception("could not perform http request")
 
     def _create_session(self, *, use_unix_socket: bool) -> requests.Session:
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/util.py b/src/ahriman/core/util.py
index 357bc8b8..239a5755 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/util.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/util.py
@@ -175,12 +175,12 @@ def enum_values(enum: type[Enum]) -> list[str]:
     return [str(key.value) for key in enum]  # explicit str conversion for typing
 
 
-def exception_response_text(exception: requests.exceptions.HTTPError) -> str:
+def exception_response_text(exception: requests.exceptions.RequestException) -> str:
     """
     safe response exception text generation
 
     Args:
-        exception(requests.exceptions.HTTPError): exception raised
+        exception(requests.exceptions.RequestException): exception raised
 
     Returns:
         str: text of the response if it is not None and empty string otherwise
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_web_client.py b/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_web_client.py
index a9016332..a259172d 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_web_client.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_web_client.py
@@ -157,6 +157,30 @@ def test_add_failed_http_error(web_client: WebClient, package_ahriman: Package,
     web_client.add(package_ahriman, BuildStatusEnum.Unknown)
 
 
+def test_add_failed_suppress(web_client: WebClient, package_ahriman: Package, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must suppress any exception happened during addition and don't log
+    """
+    web_client.suppress_errors = True
+    mocker.patch("requests.Session.post", side_effect=Exception())
+    logging_mock = mocker.patch("logging.exception")
+
+    web_client.add(package_ahriman, BuildStatusEnum.Unknown)
+    logging_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_add_failed_http_error_suppress(web_client: WebClient, package_ahriman: Package, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must suppress HTTP exception happened during addition and don't log
+    """
+    web_client.suppress_errors = True
+    mocker.patch("requests.Session.post", side_effect=requests.exceptions.HTTPError())
+    logging_mock = mocker.patch("logging.exception")
+
+    web_client.add(package_ahriman, BuildStatusEnum.Unknown)
+    logging_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+
 def test_get_all(web_client: WebClient, package_ahriman: Package, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     """
     must return all packages status