diff --git a/templates/script/restart-db-cluster.erb b/templates/script/restart-db-cluster.erb
index 6ea18ba..418512c 100755
--- a/templates/script/restart-db-cluster.erb
+++ b/templates/script/restart-db-cluster.erb
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ def add_downtime(fqdn: str,
     post_url = 'https://{}/thruk/r/hosts/{}/cmd/{}'.format(
         monitor_host, fqdn, action)
     headers = {'X-Thruk-Auth-Key': apikey}
-    requests.post(post_url, data=data, headers=headers)
+    try:
+        requests.post(post_url, data=data, headers=headers)
+    except Exception:
+        print("Failed to add downtime for {}".format(fqdn))
 
 
 def remove_downtime(fqdn: str,
@@ -42,12 +45,15 @@ def remove_downtime(fqdn: str,
     get_url = 'https://{}/thruk/r/hosts?name={}&columns=services'.format(
         monitor_host, fqdn)
     headers = {'X-Thruk-Auth-Key': apikey}
-    req = requests.get(get_url, headers=headers)
-    action = 'del_active_service_downtimes'
-    for service in req.json()[0]['services']:
-        post_url = 'https://{}/thruk/r/services/{}/{}/cmd/{}'.format(
-            monitor_host, fqdn, urllib.parse.quote(service), action)
-        requests.post(post_url, headers=headers)
+    try:
+        req = requests.get(get_url, headers=headers)
+        action = 'del_active_service_downtimes'
+        for service in req.json()[0]['services']:
+            post_url = 'https://{}/thruk/r/services/{}/{}/cmd/{}'.format(
+                monitor_host, fqdn, urllib.parse.quote(service), action)
+            requests.post(post_url, headers=headers)
+    except Exception:
+        print("Failed to remove downtime for {}".format(fqdn))
 
 
 def main() -> int: