diff --git a/erepublik/citizen.py b/erepublik/citizen.py
index 8b87c4f..9daf851 100644
--- a/erepublik/citizen.py
+++ b/erepublik/citizen.py
@@ -624,8 +624,16 @@ class BaseCitizen(access_points.CitizenAPI):
                 self.sleep(5 * 60)
             else:
                 raise classes.ErepublikException(f"HTTP {response.status_code} error!")
+
+        if re.search(r'Occasionally there are a couple of things which we need to check or to implement in order make '
+                     r'your experience in eRepublik more pleasant. <strong>Don\'t worry about ongoing battles, timer '
+                     r'will be stopped during maintenance.</strong>', response.text):
+            self.write_log("eRepublik ss having maintenance. Sleeping for 5 minutes")
+            self.sleep(5 * 60)
+            return True
         return bool(re.search(r'body id="error"|Internal Server Error|'
-                              r'CSRF attack detected|meta http-equiv="refresh"|not_authenticated', response.text))
+                              r'CSRF attack detected|meta http-equiv="refresh"|'
+                              r'not_authenticated', response.text))
 
     def _report_action(self, action: str, msg: str, **kwargs: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]):
         """ Report action to all available reporting channels