diff --git a/api/daily/common.go b/api/daily/common.go
index 678e0fd..c340917 100644
--- a/api/daily/common.go
+++ b/api/daily/common.go
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ func Init() error {
 		time.Sleep(time.Second)
 
 		seed, err = recordNewDaily()
-		log.Printf("Daily Run Seed: %s", seed)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("error while recording new daily: %s", err)
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("Daily Run Seed: %s", seed)
 		}
 	})
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/db/daily.go b/db/daily.go
index 4b0f953..e30574a 100644
--- a/db/daily.go
+++ b/db/daily.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TryAddDailyRun(seed string) (string, error) {
 	var actualSeed string
 	err := handle.QueryRow("INSERT INTO dailyRuns (seed, date) VALUES (?, UTC_DATE()) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE date = date RETURNING seed", seed).Scan(&actualSeed)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "INVALID", err
+		return "", err
 	}
 
 	return actualSeed, nil
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func GetDailyRunSeed() (string, error) {
 	var seed string
 	err := handle.QueryRow("SELECT seed FROM dailyRuns WHERE date = UTC_DATE()").Scan(&seed)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "INVALID", err
+		return "", err
 	}
 
 	return seed, nil