diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7a02d48..14cfcbf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 ChangeLog
 ---------
 
+2011-01-08 17:22 Juan José Gutiérrez de Quevedo <juanjo@gutierrezdequevedo.com>
+
+* fixed small bug when submitting stats that would stop the thread that
+submits them
+
+
 2011-01-08 02:27 Juan José Gutiérrez de Quevedo <juanjo@gutierrezdequevedo.com>
 
 * revamped logging system. hopefully, messages will be more informative now
 
+
 2011-01-06 23:53 Juan José Gutiérrez de Quevedo <juanjo@gutierrezdequevedo.com>
 
 * development restarted
diff --git a/src/Database.cpp b/src/Database.cpp
index 6af1444..dc10935 100644
--- a/src/Database.cpp
+++ b/src/Database.cpp
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ unsigned long Database::cleanDB()
   }
   catch(Exception &e)
   {
+    LERR(e);
     doQuery("ROLLBACK TRANSACTION");
   }
 
diff --git a/src/hermes.cpp b/src/hermes.cpp
index 6bb2253..c1d6cf3 100644
--- a/src/hermes.cpp
+++ b/src/hermes.cpp
@@ -278,7 +278,14 @@ void *cleaner_thread_run(void *)
       {
         unsigned long spamcount;
 
-        spamcount=db.cleanDB();
+        try
+        {
+          spamcount=db.cleanDB();
+        }
+        catch(Exception &e)
+        {
+          LERR("Error cleaning the database: " + string(e));
+        }
         LDEB("Cleaning database, cleaning "+Utils::inttostr(spamcount)+" blocked spams.");
         if(spamcount>0&&cfg.getSubmitStats())
         {