diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index d86cdf6..3429b2e 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "deepscan.enable": true,
   "mochaExplorer.files": "test/**/*.ts",
-  "mochaExplorer.require": "ts-node/register"
+  "mochaExplorer.require": "ts-node/register",
+  "editor.formatOnSave": false
 }
diff --git a/src/search/search.ts b/src/search/search.ts
index 3cf76f4..72b4c8a 100644
--- a/src/search/search.ts
+++ b/src/search/search.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ export async function search(query: string, options?: SearchOptions, needleOptio
   const response = await needle('get', `https://links.duckduckgo.com/d.js?${queryString(queryObject)}`, needleOptions);
 
   if ((response.body as string).includes('DDG.deep.is506')) throw new Error('A server error occurred!');
+  if (response.body.toString().includes('DDG.deep.anomalyDetectionBlock'))
+    throw new Error('DDG detected an anomaly in the request, you are likely making requests too quickly.');
 
   const searchResults = JSON.parse(SEARCH_REGEX.exec(response.body)![1].replace(/\t/g, '    ')) as (CallbackSearchResult | CallbackNextSearch)[];
 
diff --git a/test/__util__/data/search/anomalyDetectionBlock.js b/test/__util__/data/search/anomalyDetectionBlock.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34132ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/__util__/data/search/anomalyDetectionBlock.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DDG.deep.anomalyDetectionBlock({gk:'nac7b3a5f507fb907b94049aa855db990',q:'Friche%20la%20Belle%20de%20Mai',iadb:1,sc:1,e:0,p:'80-386-283-234-262-245-251-127-263',cc:'sre',o:'lTCdmsFCzbUSUhPvj7hnXN%2BlaWGPLfIPMY%2F0kNT0Tzw%3D%0A',er:'',s:'index', r:'euw'})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/search/search.ts b/test/search/search.ts
index 1d998e4..2a4ff09 100644
--- a/test/search/search.ts
+++ b/test/search/search.ts
@@ -189,6 +189,16 @@ describe('search/search', () => {
       await expect(search('node', { vqd: SEARCH_QUERY_VQD })).to.eventually.be.rejectedWith(Error, 'A server error occurred!');
       scope.done();
     });
+
+    it('should throw on server anomalies', async () => {
+      const scope = makeSearchNock(DEFAULT_QUERY, 'anomalyDetectionBlock.js');
+
+      await expect(search('node', { vqd: SEARCH_QUERY_VQD })).to.eventually.be.rejectedWith(
+        Error,
+        'DDG detected an anomaly in the request, you are likely making requests too quickly.'
+      );
+      scope.done();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('autocomplete()', () => {