diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f524330cb7..e915951391 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6768,7 +6768,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-node-status-api"
-version = "3.2.4"
+version = "3.2.5"
 dependencies = [
  "ammonia",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/Cargo.toml b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/Cargo.toml
index f0d6e186d7..35e529d1d5 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "nym-node-status-api"
-version = "3.2.4"
+version = "3.2.5"
 authors.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/state.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/state.rs
index 212a0a05e8..4b6a315732 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/state.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/state.rs
@@ -505,7 +505,10 @@ impl HttpCache {
             None => {
                 let new_node_stats = crate::db::queries::get_daily_stats(db)
                     .await
-                    .unwrap_or_default()
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+                        tracing::error!("Failed to get daily stats from database: {}", e);
+                        vec![]
+                    })
                     .into_iter()
                     .rev()
                     .collect::<Vec<_>>();