diff --git a/src/jobs/reactions/in-progress.ts b/src/jobs/reactions/in-progress.ts
index c8a69e7..bf30e36 100644
--- a/src/jobs/reactions/in-progress.ts
+++ b/src/jobs/reactions/in-progress.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { NDKEvent } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
-import { log, ndk } from '../../main.js'
+import { NDKEvent, log } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
+import { ndk } from '../../main.js'
 
 export async function inProgress(event: NDKEvent): Promise<NDKEvent> {
   log('marking job as in progress')
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ export async function inProgress(event: NDKEvent): Promise<NDKEvent> {
   })
 
   reactEvent.tag(event, 'job')
-  await reactEvent.sign()
-  await reactEvent.publish()
+
+  await reactEvent.sign().catch((err) => {
+    throw `Event signing error: ${err}`
+  })
+  await reactEvent.publish().catch((err) => {
+    throw `Event publishing error: ${err}`
+  })
+
   return reactEvent
 }
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index f05ff69..de1bcc6 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ export const ndk = new NDK({
   ],
   signer: getSigner()
 })
-await ndk.connect(2000)
+
+await ndk.connect(2000).catch((err) => log('NDK connection error: ', err))
+
 log('connected')
 
 const subs = ndk.subscribe(
@@ -196,25 +198,44 @@ async function processJobEvent(event: NDKEvent, type: JobType): Promise<void> {
     return promise
   }
 
+  const logJobError = (job: JobType, err: any) =>
+    log(`Error thrown by ${job}: `, err)
+
   const startProcessing = async () => {
     log('startProcessing')
-    await inProgress(event)
+
+    await inProgress(event).catch((err) => log('Processing event error: ', err))
 
     switch (type) {
       case JobTypes.Summarize: {
-        output = await onNewSummarizationJob(event)
+        output = await onNewSummarizationJob(event).catch((err) =>
+          logJobError(JobTypes.Summarize, err)
+        )
+
         break
       }
+
       case JobTypes.SpeechToText: {
-        output = await speechToTextJob(event)
+        output = await speechToTextJob(event).catch((err) =>
+          logJobError(JobTypes.SpeechToText, err)
+        )
+
         break
       }
+
       case JobTypes.BlockChainBlockNumber: {
-        output = await blockChainBlockNumberJob(event)
+        output = await blockChainBlockNumberJob(event).catch((err) =>
+          logJobError(JobTypes.BlockChainBlockNumber, err)
+        )
+
         break
       }
+
       case JobTypes.RelayInfo: {
-        output = await relayInfoJob(event)
+        output = await relayInfoJob(event).catch((err) =>
+          logJobError(JobTypes.RelayInfo, err)
+        )
+
         break
       }
     }
@@ -225,7 +246,9 @@ async function processJobEvent(event: NDKEvent, type: JobType): Promise<void> {
     complete(event, missingAmount(), { output })
   }
 
-  await validateJobRequest(event)
+  await validateJobRequest(event).catch((err) =>
+    log(`Job validation error: `, err)
+  )
 
   if (jobAmount > paidAmount && waitForPaymentBeforeProcessing()) {
     await reqPayment()
diff --git a/src/validations/index.ts b/src/validations/index.ts
index 2b4074a..2752dba 100644
--- a/src/validations/index.ts
+++ b/src/validations/index.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ import { ndk } from '../main.js'
 import { addAmount } from '../job-types/speech-to-text.js'
 
 export async function validateJobRequest(event: NDKEvent): Promise<void> {
-  await validateExpiration(event)
-  await validateRequester(event)
-  await validateNoRecentResults(event)
+  await validateExpiration(event).catch((err) => {
+    throw `Expiration error: ${err}`
+  })
+  await validateRequester(event).catch((err) => {
+    throw `Requester error: ${err}`
+  })
+  await validateNoRecentResults(event).catch((err) => {
+    throw `No recent results error: ${err}`
+  })
 }
 
 export async function requirePayment(