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Just weeks after ESPN ran a 28-hour marathon publicizing their new fantasy football app, the app was not working as the NFL started on Sunday, September 11.

Users received an error message reading: “There was an error while trying to reach Fantasy Football. Please try again.”

ESPN issued a statement noting they were working on fixing it, but the app stayed down for over four hours. It started working again during the afternoon slate of games.

Fans wishing to check how their fantasy team was doing could access their matchup by using the desktop version in the midst of the app being down.

Here’s some of today’s top performers. Chargers running back Melvin Gordon scored two first half touchdowns after going his entire rookie season without scoring. Brock Osweiler found DeAndre Hopkins for a touchdown. Aaron Rodgers had a dominant first half with 114 passing yards, two passing touchdowns and one rushing TD. Eagles rookie quarterback Carson Wentz found Jordan Matthews for his first NFL touchdown pass.

In a recent press release, ESPN described the updates to the new app which covers all sports including football:

The new ESPN Fantasy app updates the No. 1 ESPN Fantasy Football app on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, and Android 7-inch tablets and allows users to play Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball, and Hockey in the same application for the first time ever. Major enhancements this year include a brand new design and visuals that feature new game logos, player headshots, sticker packs, and animations; award-winning fantasy analysis and video accessible right from the app’s home screen; improved draft and live scoring features; and personalized notifications tailored to users’ rosters. The free-to-download app makes it easy for users to sign up, create or join a league, customize their league, draft, make trades, add players, follow their matchups with real-time scoring, view expert analysis and video, and view and post messages to other league members.”

The internet was not too kind to ESPN after learning of the technical mishap. Here was some of the best reactions.

when you try checking your espn fantasy app and its not working #ESPNFantasyFootball pic.twitter.com/dZ7A8ANFCH — Austin-Michal Bowman (@AustinMichal) September 11, 2016

ESPN's fantasy app is still down. Let's go live to Yahoo headquarters: pic.twitter.com/3MXtHbocU1 — Jason Jennings (@_jasonjennings) September 11, 2016

@ everyone in charge of the ESPN fantasy football app pic.twitter.com/lHL7Yzkmwc — Josh Paape (@JPaape33) September 11, 2016

ESPN fantasy app is down. Why don't we just go back to recording our bowling scores with a tiny pencil while we're at it? — Soren Bowie (@Soren_Ltd) September 11, 2016

ESPN Fantasy Football App is off to a good start! pic.twitter.com/uFhn5g6ShO — Bring Back The Buzz (@BringBackTheBuz) September 11, 2016

When the ESPN fantasy football app isn't working during week 1 pic.twitter.com/SYPAzibWM3 — ♡ brian essbe ♡ (@SortaBad) September 11, 2016

After trying to refresh the down @espn fantasy football app for the hundredth time pic.twitter.com/G5egVQtMEh — Andrew (@ProseAndKahn) September 11, 2016