diff --git a/src/ErrorUtils.res b/src/ErrorUtils.res
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..716375e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ErrorUtils.res
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+let getErrorMessage = exn =>
+  switch exn->Exn.message {
+  | Some(message) => message
+  | None => exn->String.make
+  }
diff --git a/src/NpmRegistry.res b/src/NpmRegistry.res
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b653905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NpmRegistry.res
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+type response = {
+  ok: bool,
+  status: int,
+  json: unit => promise<Js.Json.t>,
+}
+
+@val external fetch: string => promise<response> = "fetch"
+
+@scope(("process", "env"))
+external npm_config_registry: option<string> = "NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY"
+
+@inline
+let defaultRegistryUrl = "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+
+let getNpmRegistry = () =>
+  npm_config_registry
+  ->Option.flatMap(registry => registry->Node.Url.make)
+  ->Option.mapOr(defaultRegistryUrl, url => url->Node.Url.href)
+
+type fetchError =
+  | FetchError({message: string})
+  | HttpError({status: int})
+  | ParseError
+
+let getFetchErrorMessage = fetchError => {
+  let message = switch fetchError {
+  | FetchError({message}) => `Fetch error. Message: ${message}`
+  | HttpError({status}) => `Http error. Status: ${status->Int.toString}`
+  | ParseError => "Parse error."
+  }
+
+  `Fetching versions from registry failed: ${message}`
+}
+
+let getPackageVersions = async (packageName, range) => {
+  let registryUrl = getNpmRegistry()
+
+  switch await fetch(`${registryUrl}/${packageName}`) {
+  | response if response.ok =>
+    switch await response.json() {
+    | Object(dict) =>
+      switch dict->Dict.get("versions") {
+      | Some(Object(dict)) =>
+        let versions =
+          dict
+          ->Dict.keysToArray
+          ->Array.filterMap(version =>
+            version->CompareVersions.satisfies(range) ? Some(version) : None
+          )
+        versions->Array.reverse
+        versions->Ok
+
+      | _ => Error(ParseError)
+      }
+    | _ => Error(ParseError)
+    }
+
+  | responseNotOk => Error(HttpError({status: responseNotOk.status}))
+  | exception Exn.Error(exn) => Error(FetchError({message: exn->ErrorUtils.getErrorMessage}))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/NpmRegistry.resi b/src/NpmRegistry.resi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2be6e22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NpmRegistry.resi
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+type fetchError =
+  | FetchError({message: string})
+  | HttpError({status: int})
+  | ParseError
+
+let getFetchErrorMessage: fetchError => string
+
+let getPackageVersions: (string, string) => promise<result<array<string>, fetchError>>
diff --git a/src/RescriptVersions.res b/src/RescriptVersions.res
index ce7a0a4..6c9dffc 100644
--- a/src/RescriptVersions.res
+++ b/src/RescriptVersions.res
@@ -5,24 +5,6 @@ let rescriptCoreVersionRange = ">=1.0.0"
 
 type versions = {rescriptVersion: string, rescriptCoreVersion: string}
 
-let getPackageVersions = async (packageName, range) => {
-  let {stdout} = await Node.Promisified.ChildProcess.exec(`npm view ${packageName} versions --json`)
-
-  let versions = switch JSON.parseExn(stdout) {
-  | Array(versions) =>
-    versions->Array.filterMap(json =>
-      switch json {
-      | String(version) if version->CompareVersions.satisfies(range) => Some(version)
-      | _ => None
-      }
-    )
-  | _ => []
-  }
-
-  versions->Array.reverse
-  versions
-}
-
 let getCompatibleRescriptCoreVersions = (~rescriptVersion, ~rescriptCoreVersions) =>
   if CompareVersions.compareVersions(rescriptVersion, "11.1.0")->Ordering.isLess {
     rescriptCoreVersions->Array.filter(coreVersion =>
@@ -32,25 +14,36 @@ let getCompatibleRescriptCoreVersions = (~rescriptVersion, ~rescriptCoreVersions
     rescriptCoreVersions
   }
 
+let spinnerMessage = "Loading available versions..."
+
 let promptVersions = async () => {
   let s = P.spinner()
 
-  s->P.Spinner.start("Loading available versions...")
+  s->P.Spinner.start(spinnerMessage)
 
-  let (rescriptVersions, rescriptCoreVersions) = await Promise.all2((
-    getPackageVersions("rescript", rescriptVersionRange),
-    getPackageVersions("@rescript/core", rescriptCoreVersionRange),
+  let (rescriptVersionsResult, rescriptCoreVersionsResult) = await Promise.all2((
+    NpmRegistry.getPackageVersions("rescript", rescriptVersionRange),
+    NpmRegistry.getPackageVersions("@rescript/core", rescriptCoreVersionRange),
   ))
 
-  s->P.Spinner.stop("Versions loaded.")
+  switch (rescriptVersionsResult, rescriptCoreVersionsResult) {
+  | (Ok(_), Ok(_)) => s->P.Spinner.stop("Versions loaded.")
+  | _ => s->P.Spinner.stop(spinnerMessage)
+  }
 
-  let rescriptVersion = switch rescriptVersions {
-  | [version] => version
-  | _ =>
+  let rescriptVersion = switch rescriptVersionsResult {
+  | Ok([version]) => version
+  | Ok(rescriptVersions) =>
     await P.select({
       message: "ReScript version?",
       options: rescriptVersions->Array.map(v => {P.value: v}),
     })->P.resultOrRaise
+  | Error(error) => error->NpmRegistry.getFetchErrorMessage->Error.make->Error.raise
+  }
+
+  let rescriptCoreVersions = switch rescriptCoreVersionsResult {
+  | Ok(versions) => versions
+  | Error(error) => error->NpmRegistry.getFetchErrorMessage->Error.make->Error.raise
   }
 
   let rescriptCoreVersions = getCompatibleRescriptCoreVersions(
diff --git a/src/bindings/Node.res b/src/bindings/Node.res
index a0bb3cd..14d14e9 100644
--- a/src/bindings/Node.res
+++ b/src/bindings/Node.res
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ module Url = {
   type t
 
   @module("node:url") external fileURLToPath: t => string = "fileURLToPath"
+
+  @new external makeUnsafe: string => t = "URL"
+  @get external href: t => string = "href"
+
+  let make = string =>
+    try Some(makeUnsafe(string)) catch {
+    | Exn.Error(_exn) => None
+    }
 }
 
 module Os = {