diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5451bee..72c88d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 
 - Display plain Pleroma version rather than the Mastodon-compatible string
+- Fixed some unsuccessful crawls being saved without their errors
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/backend/lib/backend/crawler/crawler.ex b/backend/lib/backend/crawler/crawler.ex
index 608dd75..0991f0a 100644
--- a/backend/lib/backend/crawler/crawler.ex
+++ b/backend/lib/backend/crawler/crawler.ex
@@ -134,7 +134,13 @@ defmodule Backend.Crawler do
     end
   end
 
-  # Save the state (after crawling) to the database.
+  ## Save the state (after crawling) to the database. ##
+
+  # If we didn't get a server type, the crawl wasn't successful.
+  defp save(%Crawler{result: %{type: nil}} = state) do
+    save_error(state)
+  end
+
   defp save(%Crawler{
          domain: domain,
          result: result,
@@ -345,7 +351,11 @@ defmodule Backend.Crawler do
     Appsignal.increment_counter("crawler.success", 1)
   end
 
-  defp save(%{domain: domain, error: error, allows_crawling?: allows_crawling}) do
+  defp save(state) do
+    save_error(state)
+  end
+
+  defp save_error(%{domain: domain, error: error, allows_crawling?: allows_crawling}) do
     now = get_now()
 
     error =