diff --git a/services/spelling/app/coffee/HealthCheckController.coffee b/services/spelling/app/coffee/HealthCheckController.coffee
index c4f847f46d..504529bd93 100644
--- a/services/spelling/app/coffee/HealthCheckController.coffee
+++ b/services/spelling/app/coffee/HealthCheckController.coffee
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ module.exports =
 				language: "en"
 			timeout: 1000 * 20
 		request.post opts, (err, response, body)->
-			console.log body?.misspellings?[0]?.suggestions.length
+			if err?
+				return res.sendStatus 500
 			numberOfSuggestions = body?.misspellings?[0]?.suggestions?.length
 			if numberOfSuggestions > 10
 				logger.log "health check passed"