diff --git a/library/StaticHtmlOutput.php b/library/StaticHtmlOutput.php
index 1e992d41..5401f428 100644
--- a/library/StaticHtmlOutput.php
+++ b/library/StaticHtmlOutput.php
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ class StaticHtmlOutput {
 	
 	public function saveOptions() {
 		if (!isset($_POST['action']) || 'generate' != $_POST['action']) {
-            error_log('didnt detect the generate action');
 			return;
 		}
 		
@@ -154,8 +153,6 @@ class StaticHtmlOutput {
 			->setOption('static-export-settings', filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'staticExportSettings', FILTER_SANITIZE_URL))
 			->save();
 
-        error_log('saving options!!!');
-
         $message = 'Options have been updated successfully.';
 
 		$this->_view->setTemplate('message')
@@ -205,23 +202,26 @@ class StaticHtmlOutput {
 		$urlsQueue = array_unique(array_merge(
 			array(trailingslashit($baseUrl)),
 			$this->_getListOfLocalFilesByUrl(array(get_template_directory_uri())),
-			$this->_getListOfLocalFilesByUrl(explode("\n", filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'additionalUrls')))
+			explode("\n", filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'additionalUrls'))
 		));
-		
+
 		$this->_exportLog = array();
+
 		while (count($urlsQueue))
 		{
 			$currentUrl = array_shift($urlsQueue);
-			
-			//echo "Processing ". $currentUrl."<br />";
-			
+
 			$urlResponse = new StaticHtmlOutput_UrlRequest($currentUrl, filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'cleanMeta'));
-			$urlResponse->cleanup();
-			
-			// Add current url to the list of processed urls
-			$this->_exportLog[$currentUrl] = true;
-			
-			
+
+            if ($urlResponse->checkResponse() == 'FAIL') {
+                // that sucks, should add to error log...
+            } else {
+                // Add current url to the list of processed urls
+                $this->_exportLog[$currentUrl] = true;
+            }
+
+            $urlResponse->cleanup();
+
 			foreach ($urlResponse->extractAllUrls($baseUrl) as $newUrl) {
 				if (!isset($this->_exportLog[$newUrl]) && $newUrl != $currentUrl && !in_array($newUrl,$urlsQueue)) {
 					//echo "Adding ".$newUrl." to the list<br />";
@@ -291,9 +291,6 @@ class StaticHtmlOutput {
             // Where the files will be transferred to
             $dest = 's3://' . filter_input(INPUT_POST, 's3Bucket');
 
-            error_log($source);
-            error_log($dest);
-
             // Create a transfer object.
             $manager = new \Aws\S3\Transfer($s3Client, $source, $dest);
 
@@ -367,13 +364,15 @@ class StaticHtmlOutput {
 	protected function _getListOfLocalFilesByUrl(array $urls)
 	{
 		$files = array();
-		
+
 		foreach ($urls as $url) {
 			$directory = str_replace(home_url('/'), ABSPATH, $url);
-			
+
+            // checking if url contains the WP site url at first position and is a directory
 			if (stripos($url, home_url('/')) === 0 && is_dir($directory)) {
 				$iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($directory));
 				foreach ($iterator as $fileName => $fileObject) {
+
 					if (is_file($fileName)) {
 						$pathinfo = pathinfo($fileName);
 						if (isset($pathinfo['extension']) && !in_array($pathinfo['extension'], array('php', 'phtml', 'tpl'))) {
@@ -381,9 +380,14 @@ class StaticHtmlOutput {
 						}
 					}
 				}
-			}
+			} else {
+                // if is not empty, add full path to $files list
+                if ($url != '') {
+                    array_push($files, $url);
+                }
+            }
 		}
-		
+
 		return $files;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/library/StaticHtmlOutput/UrlRequest.php b/library/StaticHtmlOutput/UrlRequest.php
index d258b53d..6eb291a7 100644
--- a/library/StaticHtmlOutput/UrlRequest.php
+++ b/library/StaticHtmlOutput/UrlRequest.php
@@ -28,10 +28,21 @@ class StaticHtmlOutput_UrlRequest
 	 */
 	public function __construct($url, $cleanMeta = false)
 	{
-		$this->_url = filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL);
+		$this->_url = filter_var(trim($url), FILTER_VALIDATE_URL);
 		$this->_cleanMeta = $cleanMeta;
+
 		$response = wp_remote_get($this->_url,array('timeout'=>300)); //set a long time out
-		$this->_response = (is_wp_error($response) ? '' : $response);
+
+		$this->_response = '';
+
+        if (is_wp_error($response)) {
+            error_log('WP_ERROR');
+            error_log(print_r($response, true));
+            $this->_response = 'FAIL';
+        } else {
+            $this->_response = $response;
+        }
+
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -42,6 +53,11 @@ class StaticHtmlOutput_UrlRequest
 	{
 		return $this->_url;
 	}
+
+	public function checkResponse()
+	{
+		return $this->_response;
+	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * Allows to override the HTTP response body
diff --git a/views/options-page.phtml b/views/options-page.phtml
index c78ee8c1..617aa4a9 100644
--- a/views/options-page.phtml
+++ b/views/options-page.phtml
@@ -213,7 +213,11 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function($){
                 <p>
                   <strong><label for="additionalUrls"><?= __('Additional Urls', 'static-html-output-plugin');?></label></strong>
                   <p>
-                    <i>For a few themes, certain files may not be detected as part of the export process. Enter any such files here, one per line. </i>
+                    <i>For a few themes, certain files may not be detected as part of the export process. Enter any such files here, one per line.
+
+                    Enter them as the full URL, including your WordPress site url, ie:</i>
+<pre>http://localhost/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/banana.jpg
+http://172.17.0.3/my_pricelist.pdf</pre>
                   </p>
                   <textarea class="widefat" name="additionalUrls" id="additionalUrls" rows="5" cols="10"><?php echo esc_html($this->additionalUrls) ?></textarea>
                 </p>