diff --git a/backend/scraper/management/commands/_util.py b/backend/scraper/management/commands/_util.py
index ba30d06..7bdb743 100644
--- a/backend/scraper/management/commands/_util.py
+++ b/backend/scraper/management/commands/_util.py
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ class PersonalInstanceException(Exception):
     """
     pass
 
+class BlacklistedDomainException(Exception):
+    """
+    Used for instances whose domain is blacklisted.
+    """
+    pass
 
 def get_key(data, keys: list):
     try:
diff --git a/backend/scraper/management/commands/scrape.py b/backend/scraper/management/commands/scrape.py
index f6d40ed..70c7748 100644
--- a/backend/scraper/management/commands/scrape.py
+++ b/backend/scraper/management/commands/scrape.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from django import db
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils import timezone
 from scraper.models import Instance, PeerRelationship
-from scraper.management.commands._util import require_lock, InvalidResponseException, get_key, log, validate_int, PersonalInstanceException
+from scraper.management.commands._util import require_lock, InvalidResponseException, get_key, log, validate_int, PersonalInstanceException, BlacklistedDomainException
 
 # TODO: use the /api/v1/server/followers and /api/v1/server/following endpoints in peertube instances
 
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         """Given an instance, get all the data we're interested in"""
         data = dict()
         try:
+            if instance.name.endswith("gab.best"):
+                raise BlacklistedDomainException
+
             data['instance_name'] = instance.name
             data['info'] = self.get_instance_info(instance.name)
 
@@ -163,6 +166,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
         except (InvalidResponseException,
                 PersonalInstanceException,
+                BlacklistedDomainException,
                 requests.exceptions.RequestException,
                 json.decoder.JSONDecodeError) as e:
             data['instance_name'] = instance.name