diff --git a/web/documentserver-example/java/src/main/java/helpers/ServiceConverter.java b/web/documentserver-example/java/src/main/java/helpers/ServiceConverter.java
index 46e90fd2..534f29f2 100644
--- a/web/documentserver-example/java/src/main/java/helpers/ServiceConverter.java
+++ b/web/documentserver-example/java/src/main/java/helpers/ServiceConverter.java
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ public class ServiceConverter
         }
 
         connection.connect();
+
+        int statusCode = connection.getResponseCode();
+        if (statusCode != 200) {  // checking status code
+            connection.disconnect();
+            throw new Exception("Conversion service returned status: " + statusCode);
+        }
         try (OutputStream os = connection.getOutputStream()) {
             os.write(bodyByte);
         }
diff --git a/web/documentserver-example/java/src/main/java/helpers/TrackManager.java b/web/documentserver-example/java/src/main/java/helpers/TrackManager.java
index b0a58a5d..607a804b 100755
--- a/web/documentserver-example/java/src/main/java/helpers/TrackManager.java
+++ b/web/documentserver-example/java/src/main/java/helpers/TrackManager.java
@@ -253,6 +253,14 @@ public class TrackManager {
 
         URL uri = new URL(url);
         java.net.HttpURLConnection connection = (java.net.HttpURLConnection) uri.openConnection();
+        connection.setConnectTimeout(5000);
+
+        int statusCode = connection.getResponseCode();
+        if (statusCode != 200) {  // checking status code
+            connection.disconnect();
+            throw new RuntimeException("Document editing service returned status: " + statusCode);
+        }
+
         InputStream stream = connection.getInputStream();  // get input stream of the file information from the url
 
         if (stream == null)