diff --git a/src/main/java/io/spring/issuebot/RepositoryMonitor.java b/src/main/java/io/spring/issuebot/RepositoryMonitor.java
index 6d39058..4441d82 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/spring/issuebot/RepositoryMonitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/spring/issuebot/RepositoryMonitor.java
@@ -52,15 +52,26 @@ class RepositoryMonitor {
 	void monitor() {
 		log.info("Monitoring {}/{}", this.repository.getOrganization(),
 				this.repository.getName());
-		Page<Issue> page = this.gitHub.getIssues(this.repository.getOrganization(),
-				this.repository.getName());
-		while (page != null) {
-			for (Issue issue : page.getContent()) {
-				for (IssueListener issueListener : this.issueListeners) {
-					issueListener.onOpenIssue(issue);
+		try {
+			Page<Issue> page = this.gitHub.getIssues(this.repository.getOrganization(),
+					this.repository.getName());
+			while (page != null) {
+				for (Issue issue : page.getContent()) {
+					for (IssueListener issueListener : this.issueListeners) {
+						try {
+							issueListener.onOpenIssue(issue);
+						}
+						catch (Exception ex) {
+							log.warn("Listener '{}' failed when handling issue '{}'",
+									issueListener, issue, ex);
+						}
+					}
 				}
+				page = page.next();
 			}
-			page = page.next();
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			log.warn("A failure occurred during issue monitoring", ex);
 		}
 		log.info("Monitoring of {}/{} completed", this.repository.getOrganization(),
 				this.repository.getName());
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/spring/issuebot/RepositoryMonitorTests.java b/src/test/java/io/spring/issuebot/RepositoryMonitorTests.java
index 1e62dc6..d92ac7a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/spring/issuebot/RepositoryMonitorTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/spring/issuebot/RepositoryMonitorTests.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import io.spring.issuebot.github.Issue;
 import io.spring.issuebot.github.Page;
 
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
+import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.willThrow;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
@@ -68,4 +69,23 @@ public class RepositoryMonitorTests {
 		verify(this.issueListenerTwo).onOpenIssue(issueTwo);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void exceptionFromAnIssueListenerIsHandledGracefully() {
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		Page<Issue> page = mock(Page.class);
+		Issue issue = new Issue(null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null);
+		given(page.getContent()).willReturn(Arrays.asList(issue));
+		given(this.gitHub.getIssues("test", "test")).willReturn(page);
+		willThrow(new RuntimeException()).given(this.issueListenerOne).onOpenIssue(issue);
+		this.repositoryMonitor.monitor();
+		verify(this.issueListenerOne).onOpenIssue(issue);
+		verify(this.issueListenerTwo).onOpenIssue(issue);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void exceptionFromGitHubIsHandledGracefully() {
+		given(this.gitHub.getIssues("test", "test")).willThrow(new RuntimeException());
+		this.repositoryMonitor.monitor();
+	}
+
 }