diff --git a/unfurler/src/concurrency/ReusablePage.ts b/unfurler/src/concurrency/ReusablePage.ts
index ae9c3d6f0..4b272afb0 100644
--- a/unfurler/src/concurrency/ReusablePage.ts
+++ b/unfurler/src/concurrency/ReusablePage.ts
@@ -101,11 +101,16 @@ export default class ReusablePage extends ConcurrencyImplementation {
       page.repairRequested = true;
     });
     if (config.MEMPOOL.NETWORK !== 'bisq') {
-      await page.goto(defaultUrl, { waitUntil: "load" });
-      await Promise.race([
-        page.waitForSelector('meta[property="og:preview:ready"]', { timeout: config.PUPPETEER.RENDER_TIMEOUT || 3000 }).then(() => true),
-        page.waitForSelector('meta[property="og:preview:fail"]', { timeout: config.PUPPETEER.RENDER_TIMEOUT || 3000 }).then(() => false)
-      ])
+      try {
+        await page.goto(defaultUrl, { waitUntil: "load" });
+        await Promise.race([
+          page.waitForSelector('meta[property="og:preview:ready"]', { timeout: config.PUPPETEER.RENDER_TIMEOUT || 3000 }).then(() => true),
+          page.waitForSelector('meta[property="og:preview:fail"]', { timeout: config.PUPPETEER.RENDER_TIMEOUT || 3000 }).then(() => false)
+        ])
+      } catch (e) {
+        logger.err(`failed to load frontend during page initialization: ` + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : `${e}`));
+        page.repairRequested = true;
+      }
     }
     page.free = true;
     return page
diff --git a/unfurler/src/index.ts b/unfurler/src/index.ts
index 4624b1584..60126863d 100644
--- a/unfurler/src/index.ts
+++ b/unfurler/src/index.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class Server {
         page.repairRequested = true;
       }
     } catch (e) {
-      logger.err(`failed to render page for ${action}` + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : `${e}`));
+      logger.err(`failed to render page for ${action}: ` + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : `${e}`));
       page.repairRequested = true;
     }
   }