diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/score_library_item.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/score_library_item.ts
index 2e89f9955..a3f0b9bd5 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/score_library_item.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/score_library_item.ts
@@ -97,24 +97,22 @@ export const scoreLibraryItem = async (
     items: itemFeatures,
   })
 
-  logger.info('Scores', scores)
-  const score = scores[libraryItem.id]['score']
+  const score = scores[libraryItem.id].score
   if (!score) {
     logger.error('Failed to score library item', data)
-    throw new Error('Failed to score library item')
+  } else {
+    await updateLibraryItem(
+      libraryItem.id,
+      {
+        score,
+      },
+      userId,
+      undefined,
+      true
+    )
+    logger.info('Library item score updated', data)
   }
 
-  await updateLibraryItem(
-    libraryItem.id,
-    {
-      score,
-    },
-    userId,
-    undefined,
-    true
-  )
-  logger.info('Library item scored', data)
-
   try {
     await enqueueUpdateHomeJob({
       userId,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/update_home.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/update_home.ts
index d97b0b260..e161f967b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/update_home.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/update_home.ts
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ const rankCandidates = async (
   const scores = await scoreClient.getScores(data)
   // update scores for candidates
   candidates.forEach((item) => {
-    item.score = scores[item.id]['score'] || 0
+    item.score = scores[item.id].score || 0
   })
 
   // rank candidates by score in descending order
@@ -494,8 +494,6 @@ const latency = new client.Histogram({
   buckets: [0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10],
 })
 
-latency.observe(10)
-
 registerMetric(latency)
 
 export const updateHome = async (data: UpdateHomeJobData) => {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
index 7416fcb92..d9b762937 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ const jobLatency = new client.Histogram({
   buckets: [0, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500],
 })
 
-jobLatency.observe(10)
-
 registerMetric(jobLatency)
 
 export const getBackendQueue = async (
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/score.ts b/packages/api/src/services/score.ts
index 256840b5c..92428cd40 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/score.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/score.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import axios from 'axios'
+import client from 'prom-client'
 import { env } from '../env'
+import { registerMetric } from '../prometheus'
+import { logError } from '../utils/logger'
 
 export interface Feature {
   library_item_id?: string
@@ -37,6 +40,15 @@ export type ScoreBody = {
   score: number
 }
 
+// use prometheus to monitor the latency of digest score api
+const latency = new client.Histogram({
+  name: 'omnivore_digest_score_latency',
+  help: 'Latency of digest score API in seconds',
+  buckets: [0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 30, 60],
+})
+
+registerMetric(latency)
+
 export type ScoreApiResponse = Record<string, ScoreBody> // item_id -> score
 interface ScoreClient {
   getScores(data: ScoreApiRequestBody): Promise<ScoreApiResponse>
@@ -63,14 +75,28 @@ class ScoreClientImpl implements ScoreClient {
   }
 
   async getScores(data: ScoreApiRequestBody): Promise<ScoreApiResponse> {
-    const response = await axios.post<ScoreApiResponse>(this.apiUrl, data, {
-      headers: {
-        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-      },
-      timeout: 5000,
-    })
+    const start = Date.now()
 
-    return response.data
+    try {
+      const response = await axios.post<ScoreApiResponse>(this.apiUrl, data, {
+        headers: {
+          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        },
+        timeout: 5000,
+      })
+
+      return response.data
+    } catch (error) {
+      logError(error)
+
+      // Returns a stub score (0) in case of an error
+      return {
+        [Object.keys(data.items)[0]]: { score: 0 },
+      }
+    } finally {
+      const duration = (Date.now() - start) / 1000 // in seconds
+      latency.observe(duration)
+    }
   }
 }