diff --git a/util/queuemetrics.py b/util/queuemetrics.py
index ce19b9e28..25db79b3c 100644
--- a/util/queuemetrics.py
+++ b/util/queuemetrics.py
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ class SendToCloudWatch(Thread):
     self._put_metrics_queue = request_queue
 
   def run(self):
-    logger.debug('Starting CloudWatch sender process.')
-    connection = boto.connect_cloudwatch(self._aws_access_key, self._aws_secret_key)
+    try:
+      logger.debug('Starting CloudWatch sender process.')
+      connection = boto.connect_cloudwatch(self._aws_access_key, self._aws_secret_key)
+    except:
+      logger.exception('Failed to connect to CloudWatch.')
+
     while True:
       put_metric_args, kwargs = self._put_metrics_queue.get()
       logger.debug('Got queued put metrics request.')