diff --git a/src/open_inwoner/ssd/client.py b/src/open_inwoner/ssd/client.py
index 2988654588..b7a0bbc6c4 100644
--- a/src/open_inwoner/ssd/client.py
+++ b/src/open_inwoner/ssd/client.py
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ def templated_request(self, **kwargs) -> Response:
                 headers=headers,
                 **auth_kwargs,
             )
-        except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
-            logger.exception("Requests exception")
-            raise
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+            logger.exception("Requests exception: %s", e)
+            return
 
         return response
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def get_reports(
 
         response = self.templated_request(bsn=bsn, dienstjaar=report_date)
 
-        if response.status_code != 200:
+        if not response or response.status_code != 200:
             return None
 
         jaaropgaven = get_jaaropgaven(response)
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def get_reports(
 
         response = self.templated_request(bsn=bsn, period=report_date)
 
-        if response.status_code != 200:
+        if not response or response.status_code != 200:
             return None
 
         uitkeringen = get_uitkeringen(response)
diff --git a/src/open_inwoner/ssd/tests/test_client.py b/src/open_inwoner/ssd/tests/test_client.py
index c65ff4208c..1e949c359f 100644
--- a/src/open_inwoner/ssd/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/src/open_inwoner/ssd/tests/test_client.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import requests_mock
 from lxml import etree
+from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
 
 from ..client import JaaropgaveClient, UitkeringClient
 from .factories import ConcreteSSDClient, SSDConfigFactory
@@ -125,6 +126,18 @@ def test_tsl_client_cert_and_private_key(self, mock_request_body, mock_request):
             ),
         )
 
+    @patch("open_inwoner.ssd.client.requests.post", side_effect=ConnectionError)
+    def test_requests_exception(self, mock_request_body, mock_request_post):
+        ssd_client = ConcreteSSDClient()
+        ssd_client.config = SSDConfigFactory.build(
+            service__url="https://example.com/soap-service",
+        )
+
+        context = {"bsn": "dummy", "period": "dummy"}
+        response = ssd_client.templated_request(**context)
+
+        self.assertIsNone(response)
+
 
 class UitkeringClientTest(TestCase):
     @requests_mock.Mocker()
diff --git a/src/open_inwoner/ssd/xml.py b/src/open_inwoner/ssd/xml.py
index bb224029bd..fda4ffdc0a 100644
--- a/src/open_inwoner/ssd/xml.py
+++ b/src/open_inwoner/ssd/xml.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import requests
 from lxml import etree  # nosec
-from lxml.etree import LxmlError  # nosec
+from lxml.etree import LxmlError, XMLSyntaxError  # nosec
 from xsdata.exceptions import ParserError
 from xsdata.formats.dataclass.context import XmlContext
 from xsdata.formats.dataclass.parsers import XmlParser
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def _get_report_info(
     try:
         tree = etree.fromstring(response.content).getroottree()
         node = tree.find(info_response_node)
-    except LxmlError:
+    except (LxmlError, XMLSyntaxError):
         return None
 
     parser = XmlParser(context=XmlContext(), handler=LxmlEventHandler)