diff --git a/code/processes/converting-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/converting/ConverterMain.java b/code/processes/converting-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/converting/ConverterMain.java
index 20ded57d..fb919018 100644
--- a/code/processes/converting-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/converting/ConverterMain.java
+++ b/code/processes/converting-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/converting/ConverterMain.java
@@ -50,21 +50,27 @@ public class ConverterMain {
     private final int node;
 
     public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
-        Injector injector = Guice.createInjector(
-                new ConverterModule(),
-                new ProcessConfigurationModule("converter"),
-                new DatabaseModule()
-        );
 
-        var converter = injector.getInstance(ConverterMain.class);
+        try {
+            Injector injector = Guice.createInjector(
+                    new ConverterModule(),
+                    new ProcessConfigurationModule("converter"),
+                    new DatabaseModule()
+            );
 
-        logger.info("Starting pipe");
+            var converter = injector.getInstance(ConverterMain.class);
 
-        converter
-                .fetchInstructions()
-                .execute(converter);
+            logger.info("Starting pipe");
 
-        logger.info("Finished");
+            converter
+                    .fetchInstructions()
+                    .execute(converter);
+
+            logger.info("Finished");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex) {
+            logger.error("Uncaught Exception", ex);
+        }
 
         System.exit(0);
     }
diff --git a/code/processes/crawling-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/crawl/CrawlerMain.java b/code/processes/crawling-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/crawl/CrawlerMain.java
index bff49aaa..dc76abde 100644
--- a/code/processes/crawling-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/crawl/CrawlerMain.java
+++ b/code/processes/crawling-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/crawl/CrawlerMain.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import static nu.marginalia.mqapi.ProcessInboxNames.CRAWLER_INBOX;
 
 public class CrawlerMain {
-    private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+    private final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CrawlerMain.class);
 
     private final ProcessHeartbeatImpl heartbeat;
     private final ConnectionPool connectionPool = new ConnectionPool(5, 10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
@@ -110,26 +110,28 @@ public class CrawlerMain {
         // We don't want to use too much memory caching sessions for https
         System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.sessionCacheSize", "2048");
 
-        Injector injector = Guice.createInjector(
-                new CrawlerModule(),
-                new ProcessConfigurationModule("crawler"),
-                new DatabaseModule()
-        );
-        var crawler = injector.getInstance(CrawlerMain.class);
-
-        var instructions = crawler.fetchInstructions();
         try {
-            crawler.run(instructions.specProvider, instructions.outputDir);
-            instructions.ok();
+            Injector injector = Guice.createInjector(
+                    new CrawlerModule(),
+                    new ProcessConfigurationModule("crawler"),
+                    new DatabaseModule()
+            );
+            var crawler = injector.getInstance(CrawlerMain.class);
+
+            var instructions = crawler.fetchInstructions();
+            try {
+                crawler.run(instructions.specProvider, instructions.outputDir);
+                instructions.ok();
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                logger.error("Crawler failed", ex);
+                instructions.err();
+            }
+
+            TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(5);
         }
         catch (Exception ex) {
-            System.err.println("Crawler failed");
-            ex.printStackTrace();
-            instructions.err();
+            logger.error("Uncaught exception", ex);
         }
-
-        TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(5);
-
         System.exit(0);
     }
 
diff --git a/code/processes/index-constructor-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/IndexConstructorMain.java b/code/processes/index-constructor-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/IndexConstructorMain.java
index 3e93dafd..94f01162 100644
--- a/code/processes/index-constructor-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/IndexConstructorMain.java
+++ b/code/processes/index-constructor-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/IndexConstructorMain.java
@@ -48,25 +48,31 @@ public class IndexConstructorMain {
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IndexConstructorMain.class);
     private final Gson gson = GsonFactory.get();
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        new org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver();
-
-        var main = Guice.createInjector(
-                new IndexConstructorModule(),
-                new ProcessConfigurationModule("index-constructor"),
-                new DatabaseModule())
-                .getInstance(IndexConstructorMain.class);
-
-        var instructions = main.fetchInstructions();
+        CreateIndexInstructions instructions = null;
 
         try {
+            new org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver();
+
+            var main = Guice.createInjector(
+                            new IndexConstructorModule(),
+                            new ProcessConfigurationModule("index-constructor"),
+                            new DatabaseModule())
+                    .getInstance(IndexConstructorMain.class);
+
+            instructions = main.fetchInstructions();
+
             main.run(instructions);
             instructions.ok();
         }
         catch (Exception ex) {
             logger.error("Constructor failed", ex);
-            instructions.err();
+
+            if (instructions != null) {
+                instructions.err();
+            }
         }
 
+        // Grace period so we don't rug pull the logger or jdbc
         TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(5);
 
         System.exit(0);
diff --git a/code/processes/loading-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/loading/LoaderMain.java b/code/processes/loading-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/loading/LoaderMain.java
index 0e731156..98e66c5f 100644
--- a/code/processes/loading-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/loading/LoaderMain.java
+++ b/code/processes/loading-process/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/loading/LoaderMain.java
@@ -52,17 +52,18 @@ public class LoaderMain {
     private final int node;
     private final Gson gson;
 
-    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
-        new org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver();
-
-        Injector injector = Guice.createInjector(
-                new ProcessConfigurationModule("loader"),
-                new LoaderModule(),
-                new DatabaseModule()
-        );
-
-        var instance = injector.getInstance(LoaderMain.class);
+    public static void main(String... args) {
         try {
+            new org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver();
+
+            Injector injector = Guice.createInjector(
+                    new ProcessConfigurationModule("loader"),
+                    new LoaderModule(),
+                    new DatabaseModule()
+            );
+
+            var instance = injector.getInstance(LoaderMain.class);
+
             var instructions = instance.fetchInstructions();
             logger.info("Instructions received");
             instance.run(instructions);