diff --git a/app/models/person_notifier.rb b/app/models/person_notifier.rb
index cd5b3e7..63a9476 100644
--- a/app/models/person_notifier.rb
+++ b/app/models/person_notifier.rb
@@ -59,8 +59,12 @@ class PersonNotifier
     end
 
     def failure(job)
-      person = Person.find(person_id)
-      person.notifier.dispatch_notification_mail
+      begin
+        person = Person.find(person_id)
+        person.notifier.dispatch_notification_mail
+      rescue
+        Rails.logger.error "PersonNotifier::NotifyJob: Cannot recover from failure"
+      end
     end
 
   end
diff --git a/test/unit/person_notifier_test.rb b/test/unit/person_notifier_test.rb
index 8495e72..98c012b 100644
--- a/test/unit/person_notifier_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/person_notifier_test.rb
@@ -225,6 +225,18 @@ class PersonNotifierTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert !jobs.select {|j| !j.failed? && j.last_error.nil? }.empty?
   end
 
+  should 'do not raise errors in NotifyJob failure to avoid loop' do
+    Delayed::Worker.max_attempts = 1
+    Delayed::Job.enqueue(PersonNotifier::NotifyJob.new(@member.id))
+
+    PersonNotifier.any_instance.stubs(:notify).raises('error')
+    PersonNotifier.any_instance.stubs(:dispatch_notification_mail).raises('error')
+
+    process_delayed_job_queue
+    jobs = PersonNotifier::NotifyJob.find(@member.id)
+    assert jobs.select {|j| !j.failed? && j.last_error.nil? }.empty?
+  end
+
   private
 
   def notify
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