diff --git a/include/uri.hpp b/include/uri.hpp
index a9ad5d2..5dc2c36 100644
--- a/include/uri.hpp
+++ b/include/uri.hpp
@@ -43,6 +43,24 @@ namespace remwharead
         operator bool();
     } html_extract;
 
+    /*!
+     *  @brief  The result of the call to the archive service.
+     *
+     *  @return true if successful, when cast to bool.
+     *
+     *  @since  0.7.0
+     *
+     *  @headerfile uri.hpp remwharead/uri.hpp
+     */
+    typedef struct archive_answer
+    {
+        bool successful = false;
+        string error;
+        string uri;
+
+        operator bool();
+    } archive_answer;
+
     /*!
      *  @brief  Download, archive and process an %URI.
      *
@@ -61,7 +79,7 @@ namespace remwharead
         const html_extract get();
 
         //! Save %URI in archive and return archive-URI.
-        const string archive();
+        const archive_answer archive();
 
     protected:
         string _uri;
diff --git a/src/cli/main.cpp b/src/cli/main.cpp
index 5e7794c..443214d 100644
--- a/src/cli/main.cpp
+++ b/src/cli/main.cpp
@@ -65,12 +65,16 @@ int main(const int argc, const char *argv[])
             cerr << page.error << endl;
             return 4;
         }
-        string archive_uri;
+        archive_answer archive;
         if (opts.archive)
         {
-            archive_uri = uri.archive();
+            archive = uri.archive();
+            if (!archive)
+            {
+                cerr << "Error archiving URL: " << archive.error << endl;
+            }
         }
-        db.store({opts.uri, archive_uri, system_clock::now(), opts.tags,
+        db.store({opts.uri, archive.uri, system_clock::now(), opts.tags,
                   page.title, page.description, page.fulltext});
     }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/uri.cpp b/src/lib/uri.cpp
index 2f908f0..06ea4b8 100644
--- a/src/lib/uri.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/uri.cpp
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 
 namespace remwharead
 {
-    using std::cerr;
-    using std::endl;
     using std::regex;
     using std::regex_replace;
     using std::regex_search;
@@ -58,6 +56,11 @@ namespace remwharead
         return successful;
     }
 
+    archive_answer::operator bool()
+    {
+        return successful;
+    }
+
     URI::URI(const string &uri)
         :_uri(uri)
     {
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ namespace remwharead
         }
         default:
         {
-            cerr << response.getStatus() << " " << response.getReason() << endl;
+            throw Poco::Exception(response.getReason());
             return "";
         }
         }
@@ -228,6 +231,7 @@ namespace remwharead
 
         return unescape_html(out);
     }
+
     const string URI::remove_html_tags(const string &html, const string &tag)
     {
         // NOTE: I did this with regex_replace before, but libstdc++ segfaulted.
@@ -566,11 +570,11 @@ namespace remwharead
         return output;
     }
 
-    const string URI::archive()
+    const archive_answer URI::archive()
     {
         if (_uri.substr(0, 4) != "http")
         {
-            return "";
+            return { false, "Only HTTP(S) is archivable.", "" };
         }
 
         try
@@ -581,19 +585,15 @@ namespace remwharead
             smatch match;
             if (regex_search(answer, match, regex("Content-Location: (.+)\r")))
             {
-                return "https://web.archive.org" + match[1].str();
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                cerr << "Error: Could not archive page.\n";
+                return { true, "", "https://web.archive.org" + match[1].str() };
             }
         }
-        catch (const std::exception &e)
+        catch (const Poco::Exception &e)
         {
-            cerr << "Error in " << __func__ << ": " << e.what() << ".\n";
+            return { false, e.displayText(), "" };
         }
 
-        return "";
+        return { false, "Unknown error.", "" };
     }
 
     const string URI::remove_newlines(string text)