diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index fbe9c08c2..ccba83be9 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -215,11 +215,11 @@ class Server {
       await lightningStatsUpdater.$startService();
       await forensicsService.$startService();
     } catch(e) {
-      logger.err(`Nodejs lightning backend crashed. Restarting in 1 minute. Reason: ${(e instanceof Error ? e.message : e)}`);
+      logger.err(`Exception in $runLightningBackend. Restarting in 1 minute. Reason: ${(e instanceof Error ? e.message : e)}`);
       await Common.sleep$(1000 * 60);
       this.$runLightningBackend();
     };
-}
+  }
 
   setUpWebsocketHandling(): void {
     if (this.wss) {
diff --git a/backend/src/tasks/lightning/stats-updater.service.ts b/backend/src/tasks/lightning/stats-updater.service.ts
index 69b4cbadd..5d0ac3cfc 100644
--- a/backend/src/tasks/lightning/stats-updater.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tasks/lightning/stats-updater.service.ts
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ class LightningStatsUpdater {
    * Update the latest entry for each node every config.LIGHTNING.STATS_REFRESH_INTERVAL seconds
    */
   private async $logStatsDaily(): Promise<void> {
-    const date = new Date();
-    Common.setDateMidnight(date);
-    const networkGraph = await lightningApi.$getNetworkGraph();
-    await LightningStatsImporter.computeNetworkStats(date.getTime() / 1000, networkGraph);
-    
-    logger.debug(`Updated latest network stats`, logger.tags.ln);
+    try {
+      const date = new Date();
+      Common.setDateMidnight(date);
+      const networkGraph = await lightningApi.$getNetworkGraph();
+      await LightningStatsImporter.computeNetworkStats(date.getTime() / 1000, networkGraph);
+      logger.debug(`Updated latest network stats`, logger.tags.ln);
+    } catch (e) {
+      logger.err(`Exception in $logStatsDaily. Reason: ${(e instanceof Error ? e.message : e)}`);
+    }
   }
 }