diff --git a/internal/source/gitlab/gitlab_poll.go b/internal/source/gitlab/gitlab_poll.go
index 0284449a7e6807e49312f518fad5884d5851aa6d..117216d7b7a2b02e95c10c298fad6a587b4ee1d8 100644
--- a/internal/source/gitlab/gitlab_poll.go
+++ b/internal/source/gitlab/gitlab_poll.go
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ func (g *Gitlab) poll(interval, maxElapsedTime time.Duration) {
 	operation := func() error {
 		log.Info("Checking GitLab internal API availability")
 
-		return g.client.Status()
+		err := g.client.Status()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Warn("attempted to connect to the API")
+		}
+
+		return err
 	}
 
 	err := backoff.Retry(operation, backOff)