diff --git a/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_nodes.py b/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_nodes.py
index 740b5e1..d648b7d 100644
--- a/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_nodes.py
+++ b/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_nodes.py
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import os
 import base64
 import random
-from datetime import datetime 
+from datetime import datetime
 from django.db.models import F, Q
 from planetstack.config import Config
 from observer.openstacksyncstep import OpenStackSyncStep
 from core.models.node import Node
 from core.models.site import Site, Deployment
+from util.logger import Logger, logging
+
+logger = Logger(level=logging.INFO)
 
 class SyncNodes(OpenStackSyncStep):
     provides=[Node]
@@ -23,12 +26,17 @@
         nodes = Node.objects.all()
         node_hostnames  = [node.name for node in nodes]
 
-        # fetch all nodes from each deployment 
+        # fetch all nodes from each deployment
         deployments = Deployment.objects.all()
         new_nodes = []
         for deployment in deployments:
-            driver = self.driver.admin_driver(deployment=deployment.name)
-            compute_nodes = driver.shell.nova.hypervisors.list()
+            try:
+                driver = self.driver.admin_driver(deployment=deployment.name)
+                compute_nodes = driver.shell.nova.hypervisors.list()
+            except:
+                logger.log_exc("Failed to get nodes from deployment %s" % str(deployment))
+                continue
+
             for compute_node in compute_nodes:
                 if compute_node.hypervisor_hostname not in node_hostnames:
                     # XX TODO:figure out how to correctly identify a node's site.