diff --git a/src/api/cloudtty.ts b/src/api/cloudtty.ts
index f34075048..e89f13ee8 100644
--- a/src/api/cloudtty.ts
+++ b/src/api/cloudtty.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ export default function (): OperationHandlerArray {
     },
   ]
   const del: Operation = [
-    ({ otomi, body }: OpenApiRequestExt, res) => {
+    async ({ otomi, body }: OpenApiRequestExt, res): Promise<void> => {
       debug(`deleteCloudtty`)
-      otomi.deleteCloudtty(body)
+      await otomi.deleteCloudtty(body)
       res.json({})
     },
   ]
diff --git a/src/k8s_operations.ts b/src/k8s_operations.ts
index 6318d8daa..b0dba884c 100644
--- a/src/k8s_operations.ts
+++ b/src/k8s_operations.ts
@@ -77,20 +77,19 @@ export async function watchPodUntilRunning(namespace: string, podName: string) {
   return true
 }
 
-export async function checkPodExists(namespace: string, podName: string) {
-  let isRunning = false
+export async function checkPodExists(namespace: string, podName: string): Promise<boolean> {
   const kc = new k8s.KubeConfig()
   kc.loadFromDefault()
   const k8sApi = kc.makeApiClient(k8s.CoreV1Api)
 
   try {
     const res = await k8sApi.readNamespacedPodStatus(podName, namespace)
-    isRunning = res.body.status?.phase === 'Running'
-  } catch (error) {
-    debug('checkPodExist error:', error)
+    return res.body.status?.phase === 'Running'
+  } catch (err) {
+    const errorMessage = err.response?.body?.message ?? err.response?.body?.reason ?? 'Error checking if pod exists'
+    debug(`Failed to check pod status for ${podName} in namespace ${namespace}: ${errorMessage}`)
+    return false
   }
-
-  return isRunning
 }
 
 export async function k8sdelete({ emailNoSymbols, isAdmin, userTeams }: Cloudtty) {
diff --git a/src/otomi-stack.ts b/src/otomi-stack.ts
index 84caf23a4..5f0ea1387 100644
--- a/src/otomi-stack.ts
+++ b/src/otomi-stack.ts
@@ -978,7 +978,11 @@ export default class OtomiStack {
   }
 
   async deleteCloudtty(data: Cloudtty) {
-    if (await checkPodExists('team-admin', `tty-${data.emailNoSymbols}`)) await k8sdelete(data)
+    try {
+      if (await checkPodExists('team-admin', `tty-${data.emailNoSymbols}`)) await k8sdelete(data)
+    } catch (error) {
+      debug('Failed to delete cloudtty')
+    }
   }
 
   getTeamWorkloads(teamId: string): Array<Workload> {