diff --git a/jobs/payment-jobs/tasks/stale_payment_task.py b/jobs/payment-jobs/tasks/stale_payment_task.py
index f91f1836a..e3480821c 100644
--- a/jobs/payment-jobs/tasks/stale_payment_task.py
+++ b/jobs/payment-jobs/tasks/stale_payment_task.py
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ def _verify_created_direct_pay_invoices(cls):
                         TransactionService.update_transaction(transaction.id, pay_response_url=None)
 
             except HTTPError as http_err:
-                if http_err.response is not None and http_err.response.status_code == 404:
-                    current_app.logger.info(f'Invoice not found (404). Skipping invoice id: {invoice.id}')
-                    continue
-                current_app.logger.error(f'Error verifying invoice {invoice.id}: {http_err}', exc_info=True)
+                if http_err.response is None or http_err.response.status_code != 404:
+                    current_app.logger.error(f'HTTPError on verifying invoice {invoice.id}: {http_err}', exc_info=True)
+                current_app.logger.info(f'Invoice not found (404) at PAYBC. Skipping invoice id: {invoice.id}')
+            except Exception as err: # NOQA # pylint: disable=broad-except
+                current_app.logger.error(f'Error verifying invoice {invoice.id}: {err}', exc_info=True)