diff --git a/webservice/webservice.py b/webservice/webservice.py
index 21e28df6a323525f19340e4be611e8c46e854dc8..599434b4806a73e7cae20da93768a78c035d3d2c 100644
--- a/webservice/webservice.py
+++ b/webservice/webservice.py
@@ -820,6 +820,8 @@ def _orca_passthrough(
 
     try:
         requests.post(url)
+    except requests.ConnectionError:
+        logging.warning("Could not connect to orca to send passthrough request")
     except Exception as e:
         logging.error(f"orca post request error for url {url}", exc_info=True)