diff --git a/src/entry/webtriggers/process-gitlab-event.test.ts b/src/entry/webtriggers/process-gitlab-event.test.ts
index 4effbf5..258a6a7 100644
--- a/src/entry/webtriggers/process-gitlab-event.test.ts
+++ b/src/entry/webtriggers/process-gitlab-event.test.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@ describe('processGitlabEvent', () => {
     expect(serverResponse).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Invalid event format', 400);
   });
 
+  it('returns server response error in case of unexpected error', async () => {
+    const webtriggerRequest = generateWebtriggerRequest('<p>Invalid body</p>');
+
+    storage.getSecret.mockRejectedValue(new Error());
+
+    await processGitlabEvent(webtriggerRequest, MOCK_CONTEXT);
+
+    expect(mockHandlePushEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(serverResponse).toHaveBeenCalledWith('The webhook could not be processed', 500);
+  });
+
   it('handles pipeline event when FF is enabled', async () => {
     const webtriggerRequest = generateWebtriggerRequest(JSON.stringify(MOCK_PIPELINE_EVENT));
 
diff --git a/src/entry/webtriggers/process-gitlab-event.ts b/src/entry/webtriggers/process-gitlab-event.ts
index 6e2d6ec..c874a12 100644
--- a/src/entry/webtriggers/process-gitlab-event.ts
+++ b/src/entry/webtriggers/process-gitlab-event.ts
@@ -19,59 +19,71 @@ import {
   handlePipelineEvent,
 } from './gitlab-event-handlers';
 import { listFeatures } from '../../services/feature-flags';
+import { ParseWebhookEventPayloadError, ValidateWebhookSignatureError } from '../../models/errors';
 
 type Context = {
   principal: undefined;
   installContext: string;
 };
 
-class ValidateWebhookSignatureError extends Error {}
-
 const validateWebhookSignature = (eventSignature: string, controlSignature: string): void | never => {
   if (eventSignature !== controlSignature) {
     throw new ValidateWebhookSignatureError();
   }
 };
 
-export const processGitlabEvent = async (event: WebtriggerRequest, context: Context): Promise<WebtriggerResponse> => {
-  const { installContext } = context;
-  const cloudId = parse(installContext).resourceId;
-  const groupId = event.queryParameters.groupId[0];
-  const groupToken = await storage.getSecret(`${STORAGE_SECRETS.GROUP_TOKEN_KEY_PREFIX}${groupId}`);
-  const eventPayload = event.body;
-  let parsedEvent: GitlabEvent;
+const parseEventPayload = (eventPayload: string): GitlabEvent | never => {
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(eventPayload);
+  } catch {
+    throw new ParseWebhookEventPayloadError();
+  }
+};
 
+export const processGitlabEvent = async (event: WebtriggerRequest, context: Context): Promise<WebtriggerResponse> => {
   try {
+    const { installContext } = context;
+    const cloudId = parse(installContext).resourceId;
+    const groupId = event.queryParameters.groupId[0];
+    const groupToken = await storage.getSecret(`${STORAGE_SECRETS.GROUP_TOKEN_KEY_PREFIX}${groupId}`);
+    const eventPayload = event.body;
+
     validateWebhookSignature(
       event.headers['x-gitlab-token'][0],
       await storage.get(`${STORAGE_KEYS.WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE_PREFIX}${groupId}`),
     );
-    parsedEvent = JSON.parse(eventPayload);
+
+    const parsedEvent = parseEventPayload(eventPayload);
+
+    if (parsedEvent.object_kind === 'push') {
+      await handlePushEvent(parsedEvent as PushEvent, groupToken, cloudId);
+    }
+
+    if (parsedEvent.object_kind === 'merge_request') {
+      await handleMergeRequestEvent(parsedEvent as MergeRequestEvent, groupToken, cloudId);
+    }
+
+    if (parsedEvent.object_kind === 'pipeline') {
+      await handlePipelineEvent(parsedEvent as PipelineEvent, groupToken, cloudId);
+    }
+
+    if (parsedEvent.object_kind === 'deployment') {
+      await handleDeploymentEvent(parsedEvent as DeploymentEvent, groupToken, cloudId);
+    }
+
+    return serverResponse('Processed webhook event');
   } catch (error) {
     if (error instanceof ValidateWebhookSignatureError) {
       console.error({ message: 'Webhook event secret is invalid', error });
       return serverResponse('Invalid webhook secret', 403);
     }
 
-    console.error({ message: 'Failed parsing webhook event', error });
-    return serverResponse('Invalid event format', 400);
-  }
-
-  if (parsedEvent.object_kind === 'push') {
-    await handlePushEvent(parsedEvent as PushEvent, groupToken, cloudId);
-  }
-
-  if (parsedEvent.object_kind === 'merge_request') {
-    await handleMergeRequestEvent(parsedEvent as MergeRequestEvent, groupToken, cloudId);
-  }
-
-  if (parsedEvent.object_kind === 'pipeline') {
-    await handlePipelineEvent(parsedEvent as PipelineEvent, groupToken, cloudId);
-  }
+    if (error instanceof ParseWebhookEventPayloadError) {
+      console.error({ message: 'Failed parsing webhook event', error });
+      return serverResponse('Invalid event format', 400);
+    }
 
-  if (parsedEvent.object_kind === 'deployment') {
-    await handleDeploymentEvent(parsedEvent as DeploymentEvent, groupToken, cloudId);
+    console.error({ message: 'Unexpected error while processing webhook', error });
+    return serverResponse('The webhook could not be processed', 500);
   }
-
-  return serverResponse('Processed webhook event');
 };
diff --git a/src/models/errors.ts b/src/models/errors.ts
index 5b415dc..1e3d95f 100644
--- a/src/models/errors.ts
+++ b/src/models/errors.ts
@@ -55,3 +55,7 @@ export class GitlabHttpMethodError extends Error {
     this.statusText = statusText;
   }
 }
+
+export class ValidateWebhookSignatureError extends Error {}
+
+export class ParseWebhookEventPayloadError extends Error {}