diff --git a/core/boxart_itch.gd b/core/boxart_itch.gd
index e77ecd8..1687132 100644
--- a/core/boxart_itch.gd
+++ b/core/boxart_itch.gd
@@ -63,15 +63,19 @@ func get_boxart(item: LibraryItem, kind: LAYOUT) -> Texture2D:
 		return null
 
 	# Enrich on first access: scrape the itch.io page for screenshots.
+	# Cached failures (empty screenshots) are stored to avoid repeated
+	# requests against Cloudflare-protected pages.
 	var meta: Dictionary = _enriched_meta.get(game_id, {})
 	if meta.is_empty() and game.has("url"):
 		logger.info("Enriching metadata for: %s (url=%s)" % [title, game.get("url", "")])
 		meta = _fetch_game_page_metadata(game)
+		# Cache both successes and failures to avoid repeated requests.
+		_enriched_meta[game_id] = meta
+		_save_enriched_meta(game_id, meta)
 		if meta.is_empty():
-			logger.warn("Page scrape returned no metadata for: %s" % title)
+			logger.info("No screenshots available for: %s — will use cover art" % title)
 		else:
-			_enriched_meta[game_id] = meta
-			_save_enriched_meta(game_id, meta)
+			logger.info("Scraped %d screenshots for: %s" % [meta.get("screenshots", []).size(), title])
 	elif not meta.is_empty():
 		logger.info("Using cached metadata for: %s (%d screenshots)" % [title, meta.get("screenshots", []).size()])
 	else:
@@ -261,6 +265,11 @@ func _fetch_game_page_metadata(game: Dictionary) -> Dictionary:
 		logger.warn("Empty HTML response for: " + page_url)
 		return {}
 
+	# Detect Cloudflare challenge pages — no point extracting screenshots.
+	if html.find("challenge-platform") != -1 or html.find("cf-browser-verification") != -1:
+		logger.warn("Cloudflare challenge detected for: %s — falling back to cover art" % page_url)
+		return {}
+
 	var shot_re := RegEx.new()
 	shot_re.compile(SCREENSHOT_REGEX_PATTERN)
 	var screenshots: Array = []
diff --git a/plugin.json b/plugin.json
index 407892b..6e96472 100644
--- a/plugin.json
+++ b/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "plugin.id": "itch-artprovider",
   "plugin.name": "itch.io Art Provider",
-  "plugin.version": "0.1.5",
+  "plugin.version": "0.1.6",
   "plugin.min-api-version": "1.1.0",
   "plugin.link": "https://forge.thergic.ar/jose/itchio-opengamepadui-artprovider-plugin",
   "plugin.source": "https://forge.thergic.ar/jose/itchio-opengamepadui-artprovider-plugin",