diff --git a/lib/middleware/compressed_requests.rb b/lib/middleware/compressed_requests.rb
index 02ffbf541..7b23a99c3 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/compressed_requests.rb
+++ b/lib/middleware/compressed_requests.rb
@@ -28,8 +28,14 @@ def call(env)
         env["rack.input"] = StringIO.new(extracted)
       end
 
-      status, headers, response = @app.call(env)
-      [status, headers, response]
+      begin
+        status, headers, response = @app.call(env)
+        [status, headers, response]
+      rescue => err
+        Raven.capture_exception(err)
+        Rails.logger.error(err.inspect)
+        [500, {}, [{ "status": 400, "title": err.message }.to_json]]
+      end
     end
 
     def decode(input, content_encoding)