diff --git a/src/event-stream/snp-event-stream.ts b/src/event-stream/snp-event-stream.ts
index 9fd253df00..3871af9631 100644
--- a/src/event-stream/snp-event-stream.ts
+++ b/src/event-stream/snp-event-stream.ts
@@ -59,14 +59,21 @@ export class SnpEventStreamHandler {
 
   async handleMsg(messageId: string, timestamp: string, path: string, body: any) {
     this.logger.debug(`Received SNP stream event ${path}, msgId: ${messageId}`);
+    let response;
 
-    const response = await this.eventServer.fastifyInstance.inject({
-      method: 'POST',
-      url: path,
-      payload: body,
-    });
+    try {
+      response = await this.eventServer.fastifyInstance.inject({
+        method: 'POST',
+        url: path,
+        payload: body,
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      const errorMessage = `Failed to process SNP message ${messageId} at path ${path}: ${error}`;
+      this.logger.error(error, errorMessage);
+      throw new Error(errorMessage);
+    }
 
-    if (response.statusCode < 200 || response.statusCode > 299) {
+    if (response?.statusCode < 200 || response?.statusCode > 299) {
       const errorMessage = `Failed to process SNP message ${messageId} at path ${path}, status: ${response.statusCode}, body: ${response.body}`;
       this.logger.error(errorMessage);
       throw new Error(errorMessage);
diff --git a/tests/snp/snp-ingestion.test.ts b/tests/snp/snp-ingestion.test.ts
index 522f4d53ae..df3c973415 100644
--- a/tests/snp/snp-ingestion.test.ts
+++ b/tests/snp/snp-ingestion.test.ts
@@ -127,4 +127,49 @@ describe('SNP integration tests', () => {
       hash: sampleEventsLastBlockHash,
     });
   });
+
+  test('handleMsg throws error when inject() fails', async () => {
+    const snpClient = new SnpEventStreamHandler({
+      db,
+      eventServer,
+      lastMessageId: '0',
+    });
+
+    const originalInject = eventServer.fastifyInstance.inject.bind(eventServer.fastifyInstance);
+    eventServer.fastifyInstance.inject = () => {
+      throw new Error('Simulated inject failure');
+    };
+
+    await expect(
+      snpClient.handleMsg('test-msg-id', '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z', '/test/path', {})
+    ).rejects.toThrow(
+      'Failed to process SNP message test-msg-id at path /test/path: Error: Simulated inject failure'
+    );
+
+    eventServer.fastifyInstance.inject = originalInject;
+  });
+
+  test('handleMsg throws error when response status is not 200', async () => {
+    const snpClient = new SnpEventStreamHandler({
+      db,
+      eventServer,
+      lastMessageId: '0',
+    });
+
+    const originalInject = eventServer.fastifyInstance.inject.bind(eventServer.fastifyInstance);
+    eventServer.fastifyInstance.inject = (() => {
+      return Promise.resolve({
+        statusCode: 500,
+        body: 'Internal Server Error',
+      });
+    }) as any;
+
+    await expect(
+      snpClient.handleMsg('test-msg-id', '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z', '/test/path', {})
+    ).rejects.toThrow(
+      'Failed to process SNP message test-msg-id at path /test/path, status: 500, body: Internal Server Error'
+    );
+
+    eventServer.fastifyInstance.inject = originalInject;
+  });
 });