diff --git a/server/middleware/logMetricsMiddleware.js b/server/middleware/logMetricsMiddleware.js
index 7845aec5..2ad4c5fa 100644
--- a/server/middleware/logMetricsMiddleware.js
+++ b/server/middleware/logMetricsMiddleware.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const logger = require('winston');
 const db = require('../models');
 const httpContext = require('express-http-context');
 
@@ -6,6 +7,18 @@ function logMetricsMiddleware(req, res, next) {
     const userAgent = req.get('user-agent');
     const routePath = httpContext.get('routePath');
 
+    let referrer = req.get('referrer');
+
+    if(referrer.length > 255) {
+      // Attempt to "safely" clamp long URLs
+      referrer = /(.*?)#.*/.exec(referrer)[1];
+
+      if(referrer.length > 255) {
+        logger.warn('Request refferer exceeds 255 characters:', referrer);
+        referrer = referrer.substring(0, 255);
+      }
+    }
+
     db.Metrics.create({
       time: Date.now(),
       isInternal: /node\-fetch/.test(userAgent),
@@ -16,7 +29,7 @@ function logMetricsMiddleware(req, res, next) {
       ip: req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || req.connection.remoteAddress,
       request: req.url,
       routeData: JSON.stringify(httpContext.get('routeData')),
-      referrer: req.get('referrer'),
+      referrer,
       userAgent,
     });
   });
diff --git a/server/utils/processTrending.js b/server/utils/processTrending.js
index f84fe057..c401f14f 100644
--- a/server/utils/processTrending.js
+++ b/server/utils/processTrending.js
@@ -6,47 +6,53 @@ const {
   getWeight,
 } = require('server/models/utils/trendingAnalysis');
 
+const logger = require('winston');
+
 module.exports = async () => {
-  const claims = await db.Trending.getTrendingClaims();
-  const claimViews = await db.Views.getUniqueViews();
+  try {
+    const claims = await db.Trending.getTrendingClaims();
+    const claimViews = await db.Views.getUniqueViews();
 
-  if(claimViews.length <= 1) {
-    return;
-  }
+    if(claimViews.length <= 1) {
+      return;
+    }
 
-  const time = Date.now();
-
-  // Must create statistical analytics before we can process zScores, etc
-  const viewsNumArray = claimViews.map((claimViewsEntry) => claimViewsEntry.views);
-  const {
-    mean,
-    standardDeviation,
-  } = getInformationFromValues(viewsNumArray);
-
-  for(let i = 0; i < claimViews.length; i++) {
-    let claimViewsEntry = claimViews[i];
+    const time = Date.now();
 
+    // Must create statistical analytics before we can process zScores, etc
+    const viewsNumArray = claimViews.map((claimViewsEntry) => claimViewsEntry.views);
     const {
-      isChannel,
-      claimId,
-      publisherId,
-    } = claimViewsEntry;
+      mean,
+      standardDeviation,
+    } = getInformationFromValues(viewsNumArray);
 
-    const zScore = getZScore(claimViewsEntry.views, mean, standardDeviation);
-    const pValue = getFastPValue(zScore);
-    const weight = getWeight(zScore, pValue);
+    for(let i = 0; i < claimViews.length; i++) {
+      let claimViewsEntry = claimViews[i];
 
-    const trendingData = {
-      time,
-      isChannel: claimViewsEntry.isChannel,
-      claimId: claimViewsEntry.claimId,
-      publisherId: claimViewsEntry.publisherId,
-      intervalViews: claimViewsEntry.views,
-      weight,
-      zScore,
-      pValue,
-    };
+      const {
+        isChannel,
+        claimId,
+        publisherId,
+      } = claimViewsEntry;
 
-    db.Trending.create(trendingData);
+      const zScore = getZScore(claimViewsEntry.views, mean, standardDeviation);
+      const pValue = getFastPValue(zScore);
+      const weight = getWeight(zScore, pValue);
+
+      const trendingData = {
+        time,
+        isChannel: claimViewsEntry.isChannel,
+        claimId: claimViewsEntry.claimId,
+        publisherId: claimViewsEntry.publisherId,
+        intervalViews: claimViewsEntry.views,
+        weight,
+        zScore,
+        pValue,
+      };
+
+      db.Trending.create(trendingData);
+    }
+  } catch(e) {
+    logger.error('Error processing trending content:', e);
   }
 }