diff --git a/packages/openneuro-server/src/cache/__tests__/item.spec.ts b/packages/openneuro-server/src/cache/__tests__/item.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..673569fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/openneuro-server/src/cache/__tests__/item.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import CacheItem from "../item"
+import { CacheType } from "../types"
+
+const redisMock = vi.fn(() => ({
+  getBuffer: vi.fn(),
+  setex: vi.fn(),
+  set: vi.fn(),
+}))
+
+describe("CacheItem", () => {
+  it("should succeed when the cache miss sets doNotCache but throws an exception", async () => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    const item = new CacheItem(redisMock() as any, CacheType.commitFiles, [
+      "ds000001",
+      "12345678",
+    ])
+    let fail = true
+    expect(
+      await item.get(async (doNotCache) => {
+        // On the first try
+        if (fail) {
+          fail = false
+          doNotCache(true)
+          throw new Error("expected failure")
+        } else {
+          doNotCache(false)
+          return true
+        }
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/openneuro-server/src/cache/item.ts b/packages/openneuro-server/src/cache/item.ts
index 66084f7ef..383086e84 100644
--- a/packages/openneuro-server/src/cache/item.ts
+++ b/packages/openneuro-server/src/cache/item.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { Redis } from "ioredis"
 import * as zlib from "zlib"
 import { promisify } from "util"
 import type { CacheType } from "./types"
+import * as Sentry from "@sentry/node"
 export { CacheType } from "./types"
 
 const compress = promisify(zlib.gzip)
@@ -77,9 +78,10 @@ class CacheItem {
         }
         return data
       }
-    } catch {
+    } catch (err) {
+      Sentry.captureException(err)
       // Keep going as though we had a cache miss if there is a problem but don't cache it
-      return miss()
+      return miss((_doNotCache: boolean) => {})
     }
   }
   /**