diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/update_home.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/update_home.ts
index b57f71adc..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
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/score.ts b/packages/api/src/services/score.ts
index aed8f4b7b..92428cd40 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/score.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/score.ts
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ class ScoreClientImpl implements ScoreClient {
   }
 
   async getScores(data: ScoreApiRequestBody): Promise<ScoreApiResponse> {
-    try {
-      const start = Date.now()
+    const start = Date.now()
 
+    try {
       const response = await axios.post<ScoreApiResponse>(this.apiUrl, data, {
         headers: {
           'Content-Type': 'application/json',
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ class ScoreClientImpl implements ScoreClient {
         timeout: 5000,
       })
 
-      const duration = (Date.now() - start) / 1000 // in seconds
-      latency.observe(duration)
-
       return response.data
     } catch (error) {
       logError(error)
@@ -96,6 +93,9 @@ class ScoreClientImpl implements ScoreClient {
       return {
         [Object.keys(data.items)[0]]: { score: 0 },
       }
+    } finally {
+      const duration = (Date.now() - start) / 1000 // in seconds
+      latency.observe(duration)
     }
   }
 }