diff --git a/src/adservice/src/main/java/hipstershop/AdService.java b/src/adservice/src/main/java/hipstershop/AdService.java
index 0ff91cb..96121ea 100644
--- a/src/adservice/src/main/java/hipstershop/AdService.java
+++ b/src/adservice/src/main/java/hipstershop/AdService.java
@@ -34,20 +34,15 @@ import io.opencensus.exporter.stats.stackdriver.StackdriverStatsExporter;
 import io.opencensus.exporter.trace.stackdriver.StackdriverTraceConfiguration;
 import io.opencensus.exporter.trace.stackdriver.StackdriverTraceExporter;
 import io.opencensus.trace.AttributeValue;
-import io.opencensus.trace.BlankSpan;
 import io.opencensus.trace.Span;
 import io.opencensus.trace.SpanBuilder;
-import io.opencensus.trace.Status.CanonicalCode;
 import io.opencensus.trace.Tracer;
 import io.opencensus.trace.Tracing;
 import io.opencensus.trace.samplers.Samplers;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.rmi.server.ExportException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -196,8 +191,9 @@ public class AdService {
           StackdriverStatsConfiguration.builder()
               .setExportInterval(Duration.create(15, 0))
               .build());
-    } catch (ExportException e) {
-      logger.info("Error registering Stackdriver Exporter " + e.toString());
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Failed to register Stackdriver Exporter." +
+          " Census tracing and stats data will not reported to Stackdriver. Error message: " + e.toString());
     }
 
     // Register Prometheus exporters and export metrics to a Prometheus HTTPServer.
diff --git a/src/adservice/src/main/java/hipstershop/AdServiceClient.java b/src/adservice/src/main/java/hipstershop/AdServiceClient.java
index f2717f8..5ba009b 100644
--- a/src/adservice/src/main/java/hipstershop/AdServiceClient.java
+++ b/src/adservice/src/main/java/hipstershop/AdServiceClient.java
@@ -142,13 +142,18 @@ public class AdServiceClient {
 
     // Registers Stackdriver exporters.
     if (cloudProjectId != null) {
-      StackdriverTraceExporter.createAndRegister(
-          StackdriverTraceConfiguration.builder().setProjectId(cloudProjectId).build());
-      StackdriverStatsExporter.createAndRegister(
-          StackdriverStatsConfiguration.builder()
-              .setProjectId(cloudProjectId)
-              .setExportInterval(Duration.create(15, 0))
-              .build());
+      try {
+        StackdriverTraceExporter.createAndRegister(
+            StackdriverTraceConfiguration.builder().setProjectId(cloudProjectId).build());
+        StackdriverStatsExporter.createAndRegister(
+            StackdriverStatsConfiguration.builder()
+                .setProjectId(cloudProjectId)
+                .setExportInterval(Duration.create(15, 0))
+                .build());
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Failed to register Stackdriver Exporter." +
+            " Census tracing and stats data will not reported to Stackdriver. Error message: " + e.toString());
+      }
     }
 
     // Register Prometheus exporters and export metrics to a Prometheus HTTPServer.