diff --git a/util/queuemetrics.py b/util/queuemetrics.py
index ec1444c16..50a51790f 100644
--- a/util/queuemetrics.py
+++ b/util/queuemetrics.py
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ class SendToCloudWatch(Process):
     self.daemon = True
 
   def run(self):
-    logger.debug('Starting cloudwatch sender process.')
+    logger.debug('Starting CloudWatch sender process.')
     connection = boto.connect_cloudwatch(self._aws_access_key, self._aws_secret_key)
     while True:
       put_metric_args, kwargs = self._put_metrics_queue.get()
-      logger.debug('Got queued put metrics reqeust.')
-      connection.put_metric_data(*put_metric_args, **kwargs)
+      logger.debug('Got queued put metrics request.')
+      try:
+        connection.put_metric_data(*put_metric_args, **kwargs)
+      except:
+        logger.exception('Writing to CloudWatch failed')
 
 
 class QueueMetrics(object):