diff --git a/crates/cloud/src/app_data/mod.rs b/crates/cloud/src/app_data/mod.rs
index a9d0087c..f9f15e70 100644
--- a/crates/cloud/src/app_data/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/cloud/src/app_data/mod.rs
@@ -365,10 +365,13 @@ impl AppData {
                 .await
                 .map_err(InternalError::DatabaseConnectionError)?;
 
-            let mut cache = self.project_cache.write().unwrap();
-            projects.iter().for_each(|project| {
-                cache.put(project.id.clone(), project.clone());
-            });
+            if let Ok(mut cache) = self.project_cache.write() {
+                projects.iter().for_each(|project| {
+                    cache.put(project.id.clone(), project.clone());
+                });
+            } else {
+                log::warn!("Unable to acquire lock to cache project metadata.");
+            }
             results.extend(projects);
         }
 
@@ -381,19 +384,28 @@ impl AppData {
     ) -> (Vec<ProjectMetadata>, Vec<&'a api::ProjectId>) {
         let mut results = Vec::new();
         let mut missing_projects = Vec::new();
-        let mut cache = self.project_cache.write().unwrap();
-        for id in ids {
-            match cache.get(id) {
-                Some(project_metadata) => results.push(project_metadata.clone()),
-                None => missing_projects.push(id),
+        if let Ok(mut cache) = self.project_cache.write() {
+            for id in ids {
+                match cache.get(id) {
+                    Some(project_metadata) => results.push(project_metadata.clone()),
+                    None => missing_projects.push(id),
+                }
             }
+            (results, missing_projects)
+        } else {
+            (results, ids.collect())
         }
-        (results, missing_projects)
     }
 
     fn get_cached_project(&self, id: &ProjectId) -> Option<ProjectMetadata> {
-        let mut cache = self.project_cache.write().unwrap();
-        cache.get(id).map(|md| md.to_owned())
+        self.project_cache
+            .write()
+            .map_err(|err| {
+                log::warn!("Unable to acquire project cache: {}", &err);
+                err
+            })
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(|mut cache| cache.get(id).map(|md| md.to_owned()))
     }
 
     async fn get_project_and_cache(&self, id: &ProjectId) -> Result<ProjectMetadata, UserError> {
@@ -404,9 +416,13 @@ impl AppData {
             .map_err(InternalError::DatabaseConnectionError)?
             .ok_or(UserError::ProjectNotFoundError)?;
 
-        let mut cache = self.project_cache.write().unwrap();
-        cache.put(id.clone(), metadata);
-        Ok(cache.get(id).unwrap().clone())
+        if let Ok(mut cache) = self.project_cache.write() {
+            log::warn!("Unable to acquire project cache to cache project");
+            cache.put(id.clone(), metadata);
+            Ok(cache.get(id).unwrap().clone())
+        } else {
+            Ok(metadata)
+        }
     }
 
     // Membership queries (cached)
diff --git a/crates/cloud/src/projects/actions.rs b/crates/cloud/src/projects/actions.rs
index 4a7e6624..6f05f022 100644
--- a/crates/cloud/src/projects/actions.rs
+++ b/crates/cloud/src/projects/actions.rs
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ impl<'a> ProjectActions<'a> {
                 .write_image(image.as_bytes(), resized_width, resized_height, color)
                 .map_err(InternalError::ThumbnailEncodeError)?;
             actix_web::web::Bytes::copy_from_slice(&png_bytes.into_inner().unwrap())
+        // FIXME: remove unwrap?
         } else {
             let (width, height) = thumbnail.dimensions();
             let mut png_bytes = BufWriter::new(Vec::new());
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ impl<'a> ProjectActions<'a> {
                 .write_image(thumbnail.as_bytes(), width, height, color)
                 .map_err(InternalError::ThumbnailEncodeError)?;
             actix_web::web::Bytes::copy_from_slice(&png_bytes.into_inner().unwrap())
+            // FIXME: remove unwrap?
         };
 
         Ok(image_content)
@@ -634,8 +636,11 @@ impl<'a> ProjectActions<'a> {
             .into_iter()
             .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
 
-        let mut cache = self.project_cache.write().unwrap();
-        cache.pop(&metadata.id);
+        if let Ok(mut cache) = self.project_cache.write() {
+            cache.pop(&metadata.id);
+        } else {
+            log::error!("Unable to acquire project cache lock to clear project.");
+        }
 
         self.network
             .do_send(topology::ProjectDeleted::new(metadata.clone()));
diff --git a/crates/cloud/src/utils.rs b/crates/cloud/src/utils.rs
index df3371bb..a980079e 100644
--- a/crates/cloud/src/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/cloud/src/utils.rs
@@ -41,21 +41,25 @@ pub(crate) fn update_project_cache(
     cache: &Arc<RwLock<LruCache<api::ProjectId, ProjectMetadata>>>,
     metadata: ProjectMetadata,
 ) -> ProjectMetadata {
-    let mut cache = cache.write().unwrap();
-    let latest = cache
-        .get(&metadata.id)
-        .and_then(|existing| {
-            if existing.updated > metadata.updated {
-                Some(existing.to_owned())
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
-        })
-        .unwrap_or(metadata);
+    if let Ok(mut cache) = cache.write() {
+        let latest = cache
+            .get(&metadata.id)
+            .and_then(|existing| {
+                if existing.updated > metadata.updated {
+                    Some(existing.to_owned())
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            })
+            .unwrap_or(metadata);
 
-    cache.put(latest.id.clone(), latest.clone());
+        cache.put(latest.id.clone(), latest.clone());
 
-    latest
+        latest
+    } else {
+        log::warn!("Unable to acquire project cache to update project");
+        metadata
+    }
 }
 
 /// Get a unique project name for the given user and preferred name.