diff --git a/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestmomadapter.py b/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestmomadapter.py
index f5cf306b6203110883c2c949bb3555af8bcfa273..95dca38e27b55405baf2802586bb3129c3ed615d 100644
--- a/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestmomadapter.py
+++ b/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestmomadapter.py
@@ -70,20 +70,17 @@ class IngestEventMessageHandlerForMomAdapter(IngestEventMessageHandler):
         try:
             # try 'normal' handling of msg, should result in normal calls to onJob* methods
             # but MoM (via the momrpc) is notorious in properly handling the messages....
-            if super(IngestEventMessageHandlerForMomAdapter, self).handle_message(msg):
-                return True
+            super().handle_message(msg)
         except Exception as e:
             # ... so handle the exceptions...
             logger.warning(e)
 
-        # ... and try to deal with MoM's quirks.
-        if self._remove_unknown_export_job_if_needed(msg):
-            return True
-
-        if self._resubmit_message_if_applicable(msg):
-            return True
+            # ... and try to deal with MoM's quirks.
+            if self._remove_unknown_export_job_if_needed(msg):
+                return True
 
-        return False
+            if self._resubmit_message_if_applicable(msg):
+                return True
 
     def onJobStarted(self, job_dict):
         self._update_mom_status_if_applicable(job_dict, JobProducing)
@@ -208,34 +205,31 @@ class IngestEventMessageHandlerForMomAdapter(IngestEventMessageHandler):
         return False
 
     def _resubmit_message_if_applicable(self, msg: EventMessage) -> bool:
-        try:
-            if msg and msg.content:
-                retry_count = msg.content.get('retry_count', 0)
-
-                if retry_count < min(MAX_NR_OF_RETRIES, 127):  # mom can't handle more than 127 status updates...
-                    retry_count += 1
-                    try:
-                        retry_timestamp = msg.content.get('retry_timestamp', datetime.utcnow())
-                        ago = totalSeconds(datetime.utcnow() - retry_timestamp)
-                        time.sleep(max(0,
-                                       2 * retry_count - ago))  # wait longer between each retry, other messages can be processed in between
-                    except Exception as e:
-                        # just continue
-                        logger.warning(e)
-
-                    # set/update retry values
-                    msg.content['retry_count'] = retry_count
-                    msg.content['retry_timestamp'] = datetime.utcnow()
-
-                    # resubmit
-                    new_msg = EventMessage(subject=msg.subject, content=msg.content)
-                    new_msg.ttl = 48 * 3600  # remove message from queue's when not picked up within 48 hours
-                    logger.info('resubmitting unhandled message to back of queue %s: %s %s', self.exchange, new_msg.subject,
-                                str(new_msg.content).replace('\n', ' '))
-                    self._tobus.send(new_msg)
-                    return True
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error("_resubmit_message_if_applicable error: %s", e)
+        if msg and msg.content:
+            retry_count = msg.content.get('retry_count', 0)
+
+            if retry_count < min(MAX_NR_OF_RETRIES, 127):  # mom can't handle more than 127 status updates...
+                retry_count += 1
+                try:
+                    retry_timestamp = msg.content.get('retry_timestamp', datetime.utcnow())
+                    ago = totalSeconds(datetime.utcnow() - retry_timestamp)
+                    time.sleep(max(0,
+                                    2 * retry_count - ago))  # wait longer between each retry, other messages can be processed in between
+                except Exception as e:
+                    # just continue
+                    logger.warning(e)
+
+                # set/update retry values
+                msg.content['retry_count'] = retry_count
+                msg.content['retry_timestamp'] = datetime.utcnow()
+
+                # resubmit
+                new_msg = EventMessage(subject=msg.subject, content=msg.content)
+                new_msg.ttl = 48 * 3600  # remove message from queue's when not picked up within 48 hours
+                logger.info('resubmitting unhandled message to back of queue %s: %s %s', self.exchange, new_msg.subject,
+                            str(new_msg.content).replace('\n', ' '))
+                self._tobus.send(new_msg)
+                return True
 
         return False