diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/save_page.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/save_page.ts
index 1475e8e39..bd28840be 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/save_page.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/save_page.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const IMPORTER_METRICS_COLLECTOR_URL = env.queue.importerMetricsUrl
 const JWT_SECRET = env.server.jwtSecret
 const REST_BACKEND_ENDPOINT = `${env.server.internalApiUrl}/api`
 
-const MAX_ATTEMPTS = 1
+const MAX_ATTEMPTS = 2
 const REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 30000 // 30 seconds
 
 interface Data {
@@ -410,11 +410,20 @@ export const savePageJob = async (data: Data, attemptsMade: number) => {
     isImported = !!readabilityResult
     isSaved = true
   } catch (e) {
-    console.error('error while saving page', e)
+    if (e instanceof Error) {
+      console.error('error while saving page', e.message)
+    } else {
+      console.error('error while saving page', 'unknown error')
+    }
+
     throw e
   } finally {
-    const isFinalized = isSaved || attemptsMade >= MAX_ATTEMPTS
-    if (taskId && isFinalized) {
+    const lastAttempt = attemptsMade === MAX_ATTEMPTS - 1
+    if (lastAttempt) {
+      console.log('last attempt reached', data.url)
+    }
+
+    if (taskId && (isSaved || lastAttempt)) {
       // send import status to update the metrics for importer
       await sendImportStatusUpdate(userId, taskId, isImported)
     }
diff --git a/packages/content-fetch/src/job.ts b/packages/content-fetch/src/job.ts
index 201911ef7..b03ed9469 100644
--- a/packages/content-fetch/src/job.ts
+++ b/packages/content-fetch/src/job.ts
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ const getPriority = (job: savePageJob): number => {
 const getAttempts = (job: savePageJob): number => {
   if (job.isRss || job.isImport) {
     // we don't want to retry rss or import jobs
-    return 0
+    return 1
   }
 
-  return 1
+  return 2
 }
 
 const getOpts = (job: savePageJob): BulkJobOptions => {
diff --git a/packages/content-fetch/src/request_handler.ts b/packages/content-fetch/src/request_handler.ts
index 06aa0f9e9..9672344d3 100644
--- a/packages/content-fetch/src/request_handler.ts
+++ b/packages/content-fetch/src/request_handler.ts
@@ -137,12 +137,8 @@ export const contentFetchRequestHandler: RequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
     const cacheResult = await cacheFetchResult(fetchResult)
     console.log('cacheFetchResult result', cacheResult)
 
-    const queueResult = await queueSavePageJob(savePageJobs)
-    console.log('queueSavePageJob result', queueResult)
-    if (!queueResult) {
-      logRecord.error = 'error while queueing save page job'
-      return res.sendStatus(500)
-    }
+    const jobs = await queueSavePageJob(savePageJobs)
+    console.log('save-page jobs queued', jobs.length)
   } catch (error) {
     if (error instanceof Error) {
       logRecord.error = error.message