diff --git a/lib/notification/adapter/telegram.js b/lib/notification/adapter/telegram.js
index 15b5289..a33b1ce 100644
--- a/lib/notification/adapter/telegram.js
+++ b/lib/notification/adapter/telegram.js
@@ -63,31 +63,41 @@ export const send = ({ serviceName, newListings, notificationConfig, jobKey }) =
   const jobName = job == null ? jobKey : job.name;
 
   const throttledCall = getThrottled(chatId, async function (endpoint, body) {
-    await fetch(`https://api.telegram.org/bot${token}/${endpoint}`, {
+    const res = await fetch(`https://api.telegram.org/bot${token}/${endpoint}`, {
       method: 'post',
       body: JSON.stringify(body),
       headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
     });
+    return res;
   });
 
   const promises = newListings.map(async (o) => {
     const img = normalizeImageUrl(o.image);
+    const textPayload = {
+      chat_id: chatId,
+      text: buildText(jobName, serviceName, o),
+      parse_mode: 'HTML',
+      disable_web_page_preview: true,
+    };
 
-    if (img) {
-      return throttledCall('sendPhoto', {
+    if (!img) {
+      return throttledCall('sendMessage', textPayload);
+    }
+
+    try {
+      return await throttledCall('sendPhoto', {
         chat_id: chatId,
         photo: img,
         caption: buildCaption(jobName, serviceName, o),
         parse_mode: 'HTML',
       });
+    } catch (e) {
+      // If we see a timeout due to sending an image, try sending it without
+      if (e && (e.code === 'ETIMEDOUT' || e.errno === 'ETIMEDOUT')) {
+        return throttledCall('sendMessage', textPayload);
+      }
+      throw e;
     }
-
-    return throttledCall('sendMessage', {
-      chat_id: chatId,
-      text: buildText(jobName, serviceName, o),
-      parse_mode: 'HTML',
-      disable_web_page_preview: true,
-    });
   });
 
   return Promise.all(promises);