diff --git a/backend/src/init/email-client.ts b/backend/src/init/email-client.ts
index 2aa1cfcf6..36c57fffe 100644
--- a/backend/src/init/email-client.ts
+++ b/backend/src/init/email-client.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,16 @@ export async function sendEmail<M extends EmailType>(
     html: template,
   };
 
-  const result = await transporter.sendMail(mailOptions);
+  let result;
+  try {
+    result = await transporter.sendMail(mailOptions);
+  } catch (e) {
+    recordEmail(templateName, "fail");
+    return {
+      success: false,
+      message: e.message,
+    };
+  }
 
   recordEmail(templateName, result.accepted.length === 0 ? "fail" : "success");
 
diff --git a/backend/src/workers/email-worker.ts b/backend/src/workers/email-worker.ts
index 2d6e8f111..5c3695405 100644
--- a/backend/src/workers/email-worker.ts
+++ b/backend/src/workers/email-worker.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ async function jobHandler(job: Job): Promise<void> {
   const result = await sendEmail(type, email, ctx);
 
   if (!result.success) {
+    Logger.logToDb("error_sending_email", {
+      type,
+      email,
+      ctx: JSON.stringify(ctx),
+      error: result.message,
+    });
     throw new Error(result.message);
   }