diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index d3e0fa4..3c2e23e 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is responsible for configuring your application
 # and its dependencies with the aid of the Mix.Config module.
-use Mix.Config
+import Config
 
 # This configuration is loaded before any dependency and is restricted
 # to this project. If another project depends on this project, this
diff --git a/fixture/vcr_cassettes/lookup_requests_limit_reached.json b/fixture/vcr_cassettes/lookup_requests_limit_reached.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81ef3d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixture/vcr_cassettes/lookup_requests_limit_reached.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[
+  {
+    "request": {
+      "body": "<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" xmlns:urn=\"urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types\">\n        <soapenv:Header/>\n        <soapenv:Body>\n          <urn:checkVat>\n            <urn:countryCode>NL</urn:countryCode>\n            <urn:vatNumber>9999999</urn:vatNumber>\n          </urn:checkVat>\n        </soapenv:Body>\n      </soapenv:Envelope>",
+      "headers": {
+        "SOAPAction": "",
+        "Content-Type": "text/xml;charset=UTF-8"
+      },
+      "method": "post",
+      "options": [],
+      "request_body": "",
+      "url": "http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/services/checkVatService"
+    },
+    "response": {
+      "binary": false,
+      "body": "<env:Envelope xmlns:env=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"><env:Header/><env:Body><env:Fault><faultcode>env:Server</faultcode><faultstring>MS_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQ</faultstring></env:Fault></env:Body></env:Envelope>", 
+      "headers": {
+        "Date": "Fri, 11 Aug 2023 11:23:11 GMT",
+        "Content-Length": "221",
+        "Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=UTF-8",
+        "SOAPAction": "\"\"",
+        "Accept": "text/xml",
+        "Server": "Europa",
+        "Proxy-Connection": "Keep-Alive",
+        "Connection": "keep-alive"
+      },
+      "status_code": 200,
+      "type": "ok"
+    }
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/viex.ex b/lib/viex.ex
index 85201ca..ac9447c 100644
--- a/lib/viex.ex
+++ b/lib/viex.ex
@@ -63,8 +63,12 @@ defmodule Viex do
   defp handle_soap_response({:ok, %HTTPoison.Response{status_code: 500}}),
     do: {:error, :internal_server_error}
 
-  defp handle_soap_response({:ok, %HTTPoison.Response{status_code: 200, body: body}}),
-    do: {:ok, body}
+  defp handle_soap_response({:ok, %HTTPoison.Response{status_code: 200, body: body}}) do
+    cond do
+      String.contains?(body, "MS_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQ") -> {:error, :too_many_requests}
+      true -> {:ok, body}
+    end
+  end
 
   defp headers() do
     [
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 076be60..32d9a60 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ defmodule Viex.Mixfile do
   def project do
     [
       app: :viex,
-      version: "0.3.1",
+      version: "0.3.2",
       elixir: "~> 1.4",
       description: "Elixir package to validate European VAT numbers with the VIES service.",
       build_embedded: Mix.env() == :prod,
diff --git a/test/viex_test.exs b/test/viex_test.exs
index 8dbcd18..ad9ec73 100644
--- a/test/viex_test.exs
+++ b/test/viex_test.exs
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ defmodule ViexTest do
     end
   end
 
+  test "lookup with requests limit reached" do
+    use_cassette "lookup_requests_limit_reached" do
+      response = Viex.lookup("NL9999999")
+
+      assert response == {:error, :too_many_requests}
+    end
+  end
+
   test "valid?" do
     use_cassette "valid" do
       assert Viex.valid?("NL854265259B01") == true