diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.1.0.1
+
+* Add handling of 503 error code
+
 ## 0.1.0.0
 
 * Initial release
diff --git a/Stackage/Upload.hs b/Stackage/Upload.hs
--- a/Stackage/Upload.hs
+++ b/Stackage/Upload.hs
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@
                         putStrLn "Usually means: you've already uploaded this package/version combination"
                         putStrLn "Ignoring error and continuing, full message from Hackage below:\n"
                         printBody res
+                    503 -> do
+                        putStrLn "service unavailable"
+                        putStrLn "This error some times gets sent even though the upload succeeded"
+                        putStrLn "Check on Hackage to see if your pacakge is present"
+                        printBody res
                     code -> do
                         putStrLn $ "unhandled status code: " ++ show code
                         printBody res
diff --git a/stackage-upload.cabal b/stackage-upload.cabal
--- a/stackage-upload.cabal
+++ b/stackage-upload.cabal
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
--- Initial stackage-upload.cabal generated by cabal init.  For further 
--- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
-
 name:                stackage-upload
-version:             0.1.0.0
+version:             0.1.0.1
 synopsis:            A more secure version of cabal upload which uses HTTPS
 description:         For more information, see <https://www.stackage.org/package/stackage-upload>
 homepage:            https://github.com/fpco/stackage-upload