diff --git a/src/placeos-rest-api/controllers/webrtc.cr b/src/placeos-rest-api/controllers/webrtc.cr
index d5836aa4..28af3ecc 100644
--- a/src/placeos-rest-api/controllers/webrtc.cr
+++ b/src/placeos-rest-api/controllers/webrtc.cr
@@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ module PlaceOS::Api
             else
               raise Error::RecaptchaFailed.new("error verifying recaptcha response")
             end
+          rescue error : Error::RecaptchaFailed
+            raise error
           rescue error
             # We don't want chat to be out of action if google is down, so we'll continue
-            Log.error(exception: error) { "recaptcha failed" }
+            Log.error(exception: error) { "recaptcha verification failed" }
           end
         end
       else