diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/newsletters.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/newsletters.ts
index 2a668115b..463da1747 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/newsletters.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/newsletters.ts
@@ -1,43 +1,13 @@
 import express from 'express'
-import {
-  createPubSubClient,
-  readPushSubscription,
-} from '../../datalayer/pubsub'
-import {
-  getNewsletterEmail,
-  updateConfirmationCode,
-} from '../../services/newsletters'
-import {
-  SaveContext,
-  saveEmail,
-  SaveEmailInput,
-} from '../../services/save_email'
-import { initModels } from '../../server'
-import { kx } from '../../datalayer/knex_config'
-import { analytics } from '../../utils/analytics'
-import { env } from '../../env'
-import { sendMulticastPushNotifications } from '../../utils/sendNotification'
-import { getDeviceTokensByUserId } from '../../services/user_device_tokens'
-import { messaging } from 'firebase-admin'
-import { ContentReader } from '../../generated/graphql'
-import { UserDeviceToken } from '../../entity/user_device_tokens'
-import { UserArticleData } from '../../datalayer/links/model'
-import { ArticleData } from '../../datalayer/article/model'
-import MulticastMessage = messaging.MulticastMessage
+import { readPushSubscription } from '../../datalayer/pubsub'
+import { updateConfirmationCode } from '../../services/newsletters'
+import { saveNewsletterEmail } from '../../services/save_newsletter_email'
 
 interface SetConfirmationCodeMessage {
   emailAddress: string
   confirmationCode: string
 }
 
-interface NewsletterMessage {
-  email: string
-  content: string
-  url: string
-  title: string
-  author: string
-}
-
 export function newsletterServiceRouter() {
   const router = express.Router()
 
@@ -111,7 +81,7 @@ export function newsletterServiceRouter() {
 
     try {
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
-      const data: NewsletterMessage = JSON.parse(message)
+      const data = JSON.parse(message)
 
       if (
         !('email' in data) ||
@@ -124,79 +94,15 @@ export function newsletterServiceRouter() {
         return
       }
 
-      // get user from newsletter email
-      const newsletterEmail = await getNewsletterEmail(data.email)
-
-      if (!newsletterEmail) {
-        console.log('newsletter email not found', data.email)
-        res.status(200).send('Not Found')
-        return
-      }
-
-      analytics.track({
-        userId: newsletterEmail.user.id,
-        event: 'newsletter_email_received',
-        properties: {
-          url: data.url,
-          title: data.title,
-          author: data.author,
-          env: env.server.apiEnv,
-        },
-      })
-
-      const ctx: SaveContext = {
-        models: initModels(kx, false),
-        pubsub: createPubSubClient(),
-      }
-      const input: SaveEmailInput = {
-        url: data.url,
-        originalContent: data.content,
-        title: data.title,
-        author: data.author,
-      }
-
-      const result = await saveEmail(ctx, newsletterEmail.user.id, input)
+      const result = await saveNewsletterEmail(data)
       if (!result) {
-        console.log('newsletter not created:', input)
-        res.status(200).send(result)
+        console.log('Error createing newsletter link from data', data)
+        res.status(500).send('Error creating newsletter link')
         return
       }
 
-      // send push notification
-      const deviceTokens = await getDeviceTokensByUserId(
-        newsletterEmail.user.id
-      )
-
-      if (!deviceTokens) {
-        console.log('Device tokens not set:', newsletterEmail.user.id)
-        res.status(200).send('Device token Not Found')
-        return
-      }
-
-      const link = await ctx.models.userArticle.getForUser(
-        newsletterEmail.user.id,
-        result.articleId
-      )
-
-      if (!link) {
-        console.log(
-          'Newsletter link not found:',
-          newsletterEmail.user.id,
-          result.articleId
-        )
-        res.status(200).send(result)
-        return
-      }
-
-      if (deviceTokens.length) {
-        const multicastMessage = messageForLink(link, deviceTokens)
-        await sendMulticastPushNotifications(
-          newsletterEmail.user.id,
-          multicastMessage,
-          'newsletter'
-        )
-      }
-
+      // We always send 200 if it was a valid message
+      // because we don't want the
       res.status(200).send('newsletter created')
     } catch (e) {
       console.log(e)
@@ -211,43 +117,3 @@ export function newsletterServiceRouter() {
 
   return router
 }
-
-const messageForLink = (
-  link: ArticleData & UserArticleData,
-  deviceTokens: UserDeviceToken[]
-): MulticastMessage => {
-  let title = '📫 - An article was added to your Omnivore Inbox'
-
-  if (link.author) {
-    title = `📫 - ${link.author} has published a new article`
-  }
-
-  const pushData = !link
-    ? undefined
-    : {
-        link: Buffer.from(
-          JSON.stringify({
-            id: link.id,
-            url: link.url,
-            slug: link.slug,
-            title: link.title,
-            image: link.image,
-            author: link.author,
-            isArchived: link.isArchived,
-            contentReader: ContentReader.Web,
-            readingProgressPercent: link.articleReadingProgress,
-            readingProgressAnchorIndex: link.articleReadingProgressAnchorIndex,
-          })
-        ).toString('base64'),
-      }
-
-  return {
-    notification: {
-      title: title,
-      body: link.title,
-      imageUrl: link.image || undefined,
-    },
-    data: pushData,
-    tokens: deviceTokens.map((token) => token.token),
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_newsletter_email.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_newsletter_email.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e00bacb91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_newsletter_email.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+import { MulticastMessage } from 'firebase-admin/messaging'
+import { ArticleData } from '../datalayer/article/model'
+import { kx } from '../datalayer/knex_config'
+import { UserArticleData } from '../datalayer/links/model'
+import { createPubSubClient } from '../datalayer/pubsub'
+import { UserDeviceToken } from '../entity/user_device_tokens'
+import { env } from '../env'
+import { ContentReader } from '../generated/graphql'
+import { initModels } from '../server'
+import { analytics } from '../utils/analytics'
+import { sendMulticastPushNotifications } from '../utils/sendNotification'
+import { getNewsletterEmail } from './newsletters'
+import { SaveContext, saveEmail, SaveEmailInput } from './save_email'
+import { getDeviceTokensByUserId } from './user_device_tokens'
+
+interface NewsletterMessage {
+  email: string
+  content: string
+  url: string
+  title: string
+  author: string
+}
+
+// Returns true if the link was created successfully. Can still fail to
+// send the push but that is ok and we wont retry in that case.
+export const saveNewsletterEmail = async (
+  data: NewsletterMessage
+): Promise<boolean> => {
+  // get user from newsletter email
+  const newsletterEmail = await getNewsletterEmail(data.email)
+
+  if (!newsletterEmail) {
+    console.log('newsletter email not found', data.email)
+    return false
+  }
+
+  analytics.track({
+    userId: newsletterEmail.user.id,
+    event: 'newsletter_email_received',
+    properties: {
+      url: data.url,
+      title: data.title,
+      author: data.author,
+      env: env.server.apiEnv,
+    },
+  })
+
+  const ctx: SaveContext = {
+    models: initModels(kx, false),
+    pubsub: createPubSubClient(),
+  }
+  const input: SaveEmailInput = {
+    url: data.url,
+    originalContent: data.content,
+    title: data.title,
+    author: data.author,
+  }
+
+  const result = await saveEmail(ctx, newsletterEmail.user.id, input)
+  if (!result) {
+    console.log('newsletter not created:', input)
+    return false
+  }
+
+  // send push notification
+  const deviceTokens = await getDeviceTokensByUserId(newsletterEmail.user.id)
+
+  if (!deviceTokens) {
+    console.log('Device tokens not set:', newsletterEmail.user.id)
+    return true
+  }
+
+  const link = await ctx.models.userArticle.getForUser(
+    newsletterEmail.user.id,
+    result.articleId
+  )
+
+  if (!link) {
+    console.log(
+      'Newsletter link not found:',
+      newsletterEmail.user.id,
+      result.articleId
+    )
+    return true
+  }
+
+  if (deviceTokens.length) {
+    const multicastMessage = messageForLink(link, deviceTokens)
+    await sendMulticastPushNotifications(
+      newsletterEmail.user.id,
+      multicastMessage,
+      'newsletter'
+    )
+  }
+
+  return true
+}
+
+const messageForLink = (
+  link: ArticleData & UserArticleData,
+  deviceTokens: UserDeviceToken[]
+): MulticastMessage => {
+  let title = '📫 - An article was added to your Omnivore Inbox'
+
+  if (link.author) {
+    title = `📫 - ${link.author} has published a new article`
+  }
+
+  const pushData = !link
+    ? undefined
+    : {
+        link: Buffer.from(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            id: link.id,
+            url: link.url,
+            slug: link.slug,
+            title: link.title,
+            image: link.image,
+            author: link.author,
+            isArchived: link.isArchived,
+            contentReader: ContentReader.Web,
+            readingProgressPercent: link.articleReadingProgress,
+            readingProgressAnchorIndex: link.articleReadingProgressAnchorIndex,
+          })
+        ).toString('base64'),
+      }
+
+  return {
+    notification: {
+      title: title,
+      body: link.title,
+      imageUrl: link.image || undefined,
+    },
+    data: pushData,
+    tokens: deviceTokens.map((token) => token.token),
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
index 51a7fe60e..8b13cd1ab 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
@@ -397,4 +397,4 @@ export const isProbablyNewsletter = (dom: DOMWindow): boolean => {
   }
 
   return false
-};
+}