diff --git a/src/flows/parsers/ig.py b/src/flows/parsers/ig.py
index 097f72b..5eb71c1 100644
--- a/src/flows/parsers/ig.py
+++ b/src/flows/parsers/ig.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ async def parse_ig_source(
     logger.info(f"Going to parse feed ig user id {instagram_user_id}")
 
     medias = await get_user_medias(instagram_user_id)
-    if len(medias) > 0:
+    if medias:
         await insert_parsed_posts_from_ig(meme_source_id, medias)
 
     await update_meme_source(meme_source_id=meme_source_id, parsed_at=datetime.utcnow())
diff --git a/src/storage/parsers/ig.py b/src/storage/parsers/ig.py
index 697c2c0..6661624 100644
--- a/src/storage/parsers/ig.py
+++ b/src/storage/parsers/ig.py
@@ -7,29 +7,32 @@
 from src.storage.parsers.schemas import IgPostParsingResult
 
 
-async def _get_user_info(
-    username: str,
+HIKERAPI_BASE_URL = "https://api.hikerapi.com/v2"
+HIKERAPI_HEADERS = {
+    "accept": "application/json",
+    "x-access-key": settings.HIKERAPI_TOKEN,
+}
+
+
+async def _fetch_hikerapi(  # pragma: no cover - thin wrapper around httpx
+    endpoint: str,
+    *,
+    params: dict[str, str | int],
+    not_found_message: str,
 ) -> dict | None:
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=20.0) as client:
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url=HIKERAPI_BASE_URL, timeout=20.0) as client:
         try:
-            response = await client.get(
-                "https://api.hikerapi.com/v2/user/by/username",
-                params={"username": username},
-                headers={
-                    "accept": "application/json",
-                    "x-access-key": settings.HIKERAPI_TOKEN,
-                },
-            )
+            response = await client.get(endpoint, params=params, headers=HIKERAPI_HEADERS)
             response.raise_for_status()
         except httpx.HTTPStatusError as exc:
             if exc.response.status_code == 404:
-                logging.warning(
-                    "Instagram user '%s' not found. Skipping.",
-                    username,
-                )
+                logging.warning(not_found_message)
                 return None
 
             raise
+        except httpx.RequestError as exc:
+            logging.error("Failed to reach HikerAPI endpoint %s: %s", endpoint, exc)
+            raise
 
         return response.json()
 
@@ -66,16 +69,20 @@ async def get_user_info(instagram_username: str):
     if not user_info_response:
         return None
 
-    if user_info_response["status"] != "ok" or not user_info_response.get("user"):
+    status = user_info_response.get("status")
+    user = user_info_response.get("user")
+    if status != "ok" or not user:
         logging.warning(
-            f"Failed to get @{instagram_username} info. Result: {user_info_response}"
+            "Failed to get @%s info. Result: %s",
+            instagram_username,
+            user_info_response,
         )
         return None
 
-    return user_info_response["user"]
+    return user
 
 
-async def get_user_medias(user_id: int) -> list[IgPostParsingResult] | None:
+async def get_user_medias(user_id: int) -> list[IgPostParsingResult]:
     user_medias_response = await _get_user_medias(user_id)
     if not user_medias_response:
         return None
@@ -83,8 +90,7 @@ async def get_user_medias(user_id: int) -> list[IgPostParsingResult] | None:
         logging.warning(f"Failed to get {user_id} medias: {user_medias_response}")
         return None
 
-    medias = user_medias_response["response"]["items"]
-    logging.info(f"Received {len(medias)} medias for {user_id}")
+    logging.info("Received %s medias for %s", len(medias), user_id)
 
     # serialize medias
     return [