diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 9770f0189..3a22b9025 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/flanksource/duty"
 	"github.com/flanksource/duty/connection"
 	"github.com/flanksource/duty/context"
+	"github.com/flanksource/duty/db"
 	"github.com/flanksource/duty/query"
 	"github.com/flanksource/duty/shutdown"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ func InitContext() (context.Context, error) {
 	}
 
 	ctx.WithTracer(otel.GetTracerProvider().Tracer(app))
+	if err := ctx.DB().Use(db.NewOopsPlugin()); err != nil {
+		return ctx, fmt.Errorf("failed to use oops gorm plugin: %w", err)
+	}
 
 	return ctx, nil
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c399bc75b..adb5438a4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/robertkrimen/otto v0.3.0
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
 	github.com/samber/lo v1.47.0
+	github.com/samber/oops v1.13.1
 	github.com/sethvargo/go-retry v0.3.0
 	github.com/sevennt/echo-pprof v0.1.1-0.20220616082843-66a461746b5f
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
@@ -253,7 +254,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rodaine/table v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0 // indirect
-	github.com/samber/oops v1.13.1 // indirect
 	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.2-0.20230802210424-5b0b94c5c0d3 // indirect
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.24.5 // indirect
 	github.com/shoenig/go-m1cpu v0.1.6 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/api.go b/pkg/api.go
index 6e24274dd..49799c6ea 100644
--- a/pkg/api.go
+++ b/pkg/api.go
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@ type CheckResult struct {
 	// ParentCheck is the parent check of a transformed check
 	ParentCheck external.Check `json:"-"`
 	ErrorObject error          `json:"-"`
+
+	InternalError bool `json:"-"`
 }
 
 func (result CheckResult) LoggerName() string {
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
index 12267ca67..f183c1641 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -94,7 +94,15 @@ func setupMetrics() {
 		checkLabels,
 	)
 
-	prometheus.MustRegister(Gauge, CanaryCheckInfo, OpsCount, OpsSuccessCount, OpsInvalidCount, OpsFailedCount, RequestLatency)
+	OpsErrorCount = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Name: "canary_check_error_count",
+			Help: "The total number of checks that resulted in error",
+		},
+		checkLabels,
+	)
+
+	prometheus.MustRegister(Gauge, CanaryCheckInfo, OpsCount, OpsSuccessCount, OpsInvalidCount, OpsErrorCount, OpsFailedCount, RequestLatency)
 }
 
 var (
@@ -115,6 +123,7 @@ var (
 	OpsCount        *prometheus.CounterVec
 	OpsFailedCount  *prometheus.CounterVec
 	OpsSuccessCount *prometheus.CounterVec
+	OpsErrorCount   *prometheus.CounterVec
 	RequestLatency  *prometheus.HistogramVec
 )
 
@@ -278,7 +287,13 @@ func Record(
 		Gauge.WithLabelValues(gaugeLabels...).Set(1)
 
 		CanaryCheckInfo.WithLabelValues(checkMetricLabels...).Set(1)
-		OpsFailedCount.WithLabelValues(checkMetricLabels...).Inc()
+
+		if result.InternalError {
+			OpsErrorCount.WithLabelValues(checkMetricLabels...).Inc()
+		} else {
+			fail.Append(1)
+			OpsFailedCount.WithLabelValues(checkMetricLabels...).Inc()
+		}
 	}
 
 	_uptime = types.Uptime{Passed: int(pass.Reduce(rolling.Sum)), Failed: int(fail.Reduce(rolling.Sum))}
diff --git a/pkg/results.go b/pkg/results.go
index 7e81607e7..f420c23aa 100644
--- a/pkg/results.go
+++ b/pkg/results.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/flanksource/canary-checker/api/external"
 	v1 "github.com/flanksource/canary-checker/api/v1"
+	"github.com/flanksource/duty/db"
 )
 
 type Results []*CheckResult
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@ func (result *CheckResult) Failf(message string, args ...interface{}) *CheckResu
 	if result.Error != "" {
 		result.Error += ", "
 	}
+
+	result.InternalError = db.IsDBError(fmt.Errorf(message, args...))
+
 	result.Pass = false
 	result.Error += fmt.Sprintf(message, args...)
 	return result