diff --git a/app/Actions/CheckoutRequests/CreateCheckoutRequest.php b/app/Actions/CheckoutRequests/CreateCheckoutRequest.php
index c90ca4f23c..9d1ba332ff 100644
--- a/app/Actions/CheckoutRequests/CreateCheckoutRequest.php
+++ b/app/Actions/CheckoutRequests/CreateCheckoutRequest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use App\Models\User;
 use App\Notifications\RequestAssetCancelation;
 use App\Notifications\RequestAssetNotification;
 use Illuminate\Auth\Access\AuthorizationException;
+use Log;
 
 class CreateCheckoutRequest
 {
@@ -47,16 +48,9 @@ class CreateCheckoutRequest
         try {
             $settings->notify(new RequestAssetNotification($data));
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::warning($e);
+            Log::warning($e);
         }
 
-        return true; // or $asset, or whatever
+        return true;
     }
-
-    public function doSomethingElse()
-    {
-
-    }
-
-
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/CheckoutRequest.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/CheckoutRequest.php
index 3b31451376..1ee9c4c025 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/CheckoutRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/CheckoutRequest.php
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ class CheckoutRequest extends Controller
 
     public function destroy(Asset $asset): JsonResponse
     {
-        CancelCheckoutRequest::run($asset, auth()->user());
-        return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('success', null, trans('admin/hardware/message.requests.canceled')));
+        try {
+            CancelCheckoutRequest::run($asset, auth()->user());
+            return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('success', null, trans('admin/hardware/message.requests.canceled')));
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            report($e);
+            return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('error', null, $e->getMessage()));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ViewAssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ViewAssetsController.php
index 83a2168311..56d1f8b390 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ViewAssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ViewAssetsController.php
@@ -164,8 +164,13 @@ class ViewAssetsController extends Controller
 
     public function destroy(Asset $asset): RedirectResponse
     {
-        CancelCheckoutRequest::run($asset, auth()->user());
-        return redirect()->route('requestable-assets')->with('success')->with('success', trans('admin/hardware/message.requests.canceled'));
+        try {
+            CancelCheckoutRequest::run($asset, auth()->user());
+            return redirect()->route('requestable-assets')->with('success')->with('success', trans('admin/hardware/message.requests.canceled'));
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            report($e);
+            return redirect()->back()->with('error', 'something bad happened');
+        }
     }