diff --git a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxDbMetricsReporter.java b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxDbMetricsReporter.java
index 7ff636c..a0dca3b 100644
--- a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxDbMetricsReporter.java
+++ b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxDbMetricsReporter.java
@@ -120,7 +120,12 @@
     public void startReport() {
         configSender();
         influxDbReporter = buildReporter(influxDbHttpSender);
-        influxDbReporter.start(REPORT_PERIOD, REPORT_TIME_UNIT);
+
+        try {
+            influxDbReporter.start(REPORT_PERIOD, REPORT_TIME_UNIT);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("Errors during reporting to InfluxDB, msg: {}" + e.getMessage());
+        }
         log.info("Start to report metrics to influxDB.");
     }
 
@@ -142,7 +147,13 @@
     public void notifyMetricsChange() {
         influxDbReporter.stop();
         influxDbReporter = buildReporter(influxDbHttpSender);
-        influxDbReporter.start(REPORT_PERIOD, REPORT_TIME_UNIT);
+
+        try {
+            influxDbReporter.start(REPORT_PERIOD, REPORT_TIME_UNIT);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("Errors during reporting to InfluxDB, msg: {}" + e.getMessage());
+        }
+
         log.info("Metric registry has been changed, apply changes.");
     }