diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0eccc28..73884a7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "zstandard>=0.23.0,<0.24",
     "click>=8.1.8,<9",
     "httpx>=0.28.1,<0.29",
+    "outcome>=1.3.0.post0",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/skynet/dgpu/network.py b/skynet/dgpu/network.py
index e7a362c..24ac441 100755
--- a/skynet/dgpu/network.py
+++ b/skynet/dgpu/network.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import trio
 import leap
 import anyio
 import httpx
+import outcome
 
 from PIL import (
     Image,
@@ -36,24 +37,23 @@ from skynet.ipfs import (
 REQUEST_UPDATE_TIME: int = 3
 
 
-# TODO, consider using the `outcome` lib instead?
-# - it's already purpose built for exactly this, boxing (async)
-#  function invocations..
-# |_ https://outcome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#outcome.capture
-async def failable(
-    fn: partial,
-    ret_fail=None,
-):
-    try:
-        return await fn()
-    except (
-        OSError,
-        json.JSONDecodeError,
-        anyio.BrokenResourceError,
-        httpx.ReadError,
-        leap.errors.TransactionPushError
-    ):
-        return ret_fail
+async def failable(fn: partial, ret_fail=None):
+    o = await outcome.acapture(fn)
+    match o:
+        case outcome.Error(error=(
+            OSError() |
+            json.JSONDecodeError() |
+            anyio.BrokenResourceError() |
+            httpx.ConnectError() |
+            httpx.ConnectTimeout() |
+            httpx.ReadError() |
+            httpx.ReadTimeout() |
+            leap.errors.TransactionPushError()
+        )):
+            return ret_fail
+
+        case _:
+            return o.unwrap()
 
 
 # TODO, again the prefix XD
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 51d6441..932568c 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2232,6 +2232,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "httpx" },
     { name = "msgspec" },
     { name = "numpy" },
+    { name = "outcome" },
     { name = "pillow" },
     { name = "protobuf" },
     { name = "py-leap" },
@@ -2282,6 +2283,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "httpx", specifier = ">=0.28.1,<0.29" },
     { name = "msgspec", specifier = ">=0.19.0,<0.20" },
     { name = "numpy", specifier = "<2.1" },
+    { name = "outcome", specifier = ">=1.3.0.post0" },
     { name = "pillow", specifier = ">=10.0.1,<11" },
     { name = "protobuf", specifier = ">=5.29.3,<6" },
     { name = "py-leap", git = "https://github.com/guilledk/py-leap.git?rev=v0.1a32" },