diff --git a/src/fetch-polyfill.ts b/src/fetch-polyfill.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..70a4321301b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fetch-polyfill.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// fetch-polyfill.js
+import fetch from 'node-fetch'
+
+if (!globalThis.fetch) {
+  // @ts-ignore
+  globalThis.fetch = fetch
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index b473a95e55c..926519c8e76 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import cors from 'cors'
 import express from 'express'
 import path from 'path'
 
+import './fetch-polyfill'
 import { startup } from './onStartup'
 import { BedtimeFormat } from './servlets/bedtime/types'
 import { MetaTagFormat } from './servlets/metaTags/types'
diff --git a/src/servlets/bedtime/index.ts b/src/servlets/bedtime/index.ts
index ba6c64b4d47..d55d9150020 100644
--- a/src/servlets/bedtime/index.ts
+++ b/src/servlets/bedtime/index.ts
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ export const getBedtimeResponse = async (
     }
     return res.send(resp)
   } catch (e) {
+    console.error(e)
     if (e.message === DELETED_MESSAGE) {
       res.status(404).send(e)
     } else {