diff --git a/src/common/utils.js b/src/common/utils.js
index 2be72678b22d2..09063516d18fc 100644
--- a/src/common/utils.js
+++ b/src/common/utils.js
@@ -399,13 +399,16 @@ const CONSTANTS = {
   ERROR_CACHE_SECONDS: TEN_MINUTES,
 };
 
+const TRY_AGAING_LATER = "Please try again later";
+
 const SECONDARY_ERROR_MESSAGES = {
   MAX_RETRY:
     "You can deploy own instance or wait until public will be no longer limited",
   NO_TOKENS:
     "Please add an env variable called PAT_1 with your GitHub API token in vercel",
   USER_NOT_FOUND: "Make sure the provided username is not an organization",
-  GRAPHQL_ERROR: "Please try again later",
+  GRAPHQL_ERROR: TRY_AGAING_LATER,
+  GITHUB_REST_API_ERROR: TRY_AGAING_LATER,
   WAKATIME_USER_NOT_FOUND: "Make sure you have a public WakaTime profile",
 };
 
@@ -427,6 +430,7 @@ class CustomError extends Error {
   static NO_TOKENS = "NO_TOKENS";
   static USER_NOT_FOUND = "USER_NOT_FOUND";
   static GRAPHQL_ERROR = "GRAPHQL_ERROR";
+  static GITHUB_REST_API_ERROR = "GITHUB_REST_API_ERROR";
   static WAKATIME_ERROR = "WAKATIME_ERROR";
 }
 
diff --git a/src/fetchers/stats-fetcher.js b/src/fetchers/stats-fetcher.js
index b4a8ca287965c..0f770d88a6fc2 100644
--- a/src/fetchers/stats-fetcher.js
+++ b/src/fetchers/stats-fetcher.js
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ const totalCommitsFetcher = async (username) => {
   if (!totalCount || isNaN(totalCount)) {
     throw new CustomError(
       "Could not fetch total commits.",
-      CustomError.GRAPHQL_ERROR,
+      CustomError.GITHUB_REST_API_ERROR,
     );
   }
   return totalCount;