diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/backend/services/windmill_standstill/lib/windmill_standstill.py b/SAS/TMSS/backend/services/windmill_standstill/lib/windmill_standstill.py
index 548e86f1651b29e1b316fb0ed6de4e87356d93b2..f442015ecd9590de08d33bbcedef02794c6a8c20 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/backend/services/windmill_standstill/lib/windmill_standstill.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/backend/services/windmill_standstill/lib/windmill_standstill.py
@@ -71,16 +71,23 @@ class TMSSWindmillStandstillEventMessageHandler(TMSSEventMessageHandler):
         self.polling_thread.join()
 
     def refresh_access_token(self):
-        logger.info('refreshing access token...')
-        response = requests.post(self.token_url,
-                                 data={"grant_type": "client_credentials",
-                                       "scope": self.scope,
-                                       "client_id": self.client_id,
-                                       "client_secret": self.client_secret})
-        json_response =  response.json()
-        self.access_token = json_response["access_token"]
-        self.access_token_expiration_date = datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(seconds=json_response['expires_in']-10)
-        logger.info('new token valid till %s' % self.access_token_expiration_date.isoformat())
+        try:
+            logger.info('refreshing access token...')
+            response = requests.post(self.token_url,
+                                     data={"grant_type": "client_credentials",
+                                           "scope": self.scope,
+                                           "client_id": self.client_id,
+                                           "client_secret": self.client_secret})
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("could not refresh access token: %s", str(e))
+
+        try:
+            json_response = response.json()
+            self.access_token = json_response["access_token"]
+            self.access_token_expiration_date = datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(seconds=json_response['expires_in']-10)
+            logger.info('new token valid till %s' % self.access_token_expiration_date.isoformat())
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("could not refresh access token: http_status_code=%s error: %s", response.status_code, str(e))
 
     def get_api_path_as_json(self, path):
         if datetime.utcnow() >= self.access_token_expiration_date: