diff --git a/autogpt/commands/web_selenium.py b/autogpt/commands/web_selenium.py
index 739520ecd..79a8ffd94 100644
--- a/autogpt/commands/web_selenium.py
+++ b/autogpt/commands/web_selenium.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from sys import platform
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from selenium import webdriver
+from selenium.common.exceptions import WebDriverException
 from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options as ChromeOptions
 from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
 from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options as FirefoxOptions
@@ -43,7 +44,14 @@ def browse_website(url: str, question: str) -> tuple[str, WebDriver]:
     Returns:
         Tuple[str, WebDriver]: The answer and links to the user and the webdriver
     """
-    driver, text = scrape_text_with_selenium(url)
+    try:
+        driver, text = scrape_text_with_selenium(url)
+    except WebDriverException as e:
+        # These errors are often quite long and include lots of context.
+        # Just grab the first line.
+        msg = e.msg.split("\n")[0]
+        return f"Error: {msg}", None
+
     add_header(driver)
     summary_text = summary.summarize_text(url, text, question, driver)
     links = scrape_links_with_selenium(driver, url)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_web_selenium.py b/tests/unit/test_web_selenium.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf13a8d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_web_selenium.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from autogpt.commands.web_selenium import browse_website
+
+
+def test_browse_website():
+    url = "https://barrel-roll.com"
+    question = "How to execute a barrel roll"
+
+    response, _ = browse_website(url, question)
+    assert "Error" in response
+    # Sanity check that the response is not too long
+    assert len(response) < 200