diff --git a/swh/web/webapp/urls.py b/swh/web/webapp/urls.py
index 020572b8..7c6c1631 100644
--- a/swh/web/webapp/urls.py
+++ b/swh/web/webapp/urls.py
@@ -1,52 +1,59 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2022  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import json
+import logging
 
 from django_js_reverse.views import urls_js
 import requests
 
 from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.templatetags.static import static
 from django.urls import re_path as url
 from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView
 
 from swh.web.config import get_config
 from swh.web.utils import archive, origin_visit_types
+from swh.web.utils.exc import sentry_capture_exception
 
 swh_web_config = get_config()
 
 SWH_FAVICON = "img/icons/swh-logo-32x32.png"
 
 favicon_view = RedirectView.as_view(url=static(SWH_FAVICON), permanent=True)
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 def default_view(request):
     return render(request, "homepage.html", {"visit_types": origin_visit_types()})
 
 
 def stat_counters(request):
     stat_counters = archive.stat_counters()
     url = get_config()["history_counters_url"]
     stat_counters_history = {}
 
-    if url:
+    try:
         response = requests.get(url, timeout=5)
         stat_counters_history = json.loads(response.text)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.exception(exc)
+        sentry_capture_exception(exc)
 
     counters = {
         "stat_counters": stat_counters,
         "stat_counters_history": stat_counters_history,
     }
     return JsonResponse(counters)
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r"^favicon\.ico/$", favicon_view, name="favicon"),
     url(r"^$", default_view, name="swh-web-homepage"),
     url(r"^jsreverse/$", urls_js, name="js-reverse"),
     url(r"^stat_counters/$", stat_counters, name="stat-counters"),
 ]