diff --git a/brozzler/worker.py b/brozzler/worker.py
index c999814..7e7d974 100644
--- a/brozzler/worker.py
+++ b/brozzler/worker.py
@@ -209,9 +209,13 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
 
         if self._needs_browsing(page, ydl_fetches):
             self.logger.info('needs browsing: %s', page)
-            outlinks = self._browse_page(browser, site, page, on_screenshot,
-                                         on_request)
-            return outlinks
+            try:
+                outlinks = self._browse_page(browser, site, page, on_screenshot,
+                                            on_request)
+                return outlinks
+            except brozzler.PageInterstitialShown:
+                self.logger.info('page interstitial shown (http auth): %s', page)
+                return []
         else:
             if not self._already_fetched(page, ydl_fetches):
                 self.logger.info('needs fetch: %s', page)
@@ -375,8 +379,6 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
             self._frontier.finished(site, "FINISHED_TIME_LIMIT")
         except brozzler.CrawlStopped:
             self._frontier.finished(site, "FINISHED_STOP_REQUESTED")
-        except brozzler.PageInterstitialShown:
-            self.logger.info("{} shut down after unsupported http auth request".format(browser))
         # except brozzler.browser.BrowsingAborted:
         #     self.logger.info("{} shut down".format(browser))
         except brozzler.ProxyError as e: