diff --git a/API/Data/DbFactory.cs b/API/Data/DbFactory.cs
index e55ed0cd8..804cd75bb 100644
--- a/API/Data/DbFactory.cs
+++ b/API/Data/DbFactory.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using API.Entities;
 using API.Entities.Enums;
 using API.Parser;
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ namespace API.Data
                 NormalizedName = Parser.Parser.Normalize(name),
                 SortName = name,
                 Summary = string.Empty,
-                Volumes = new List<Volume>()
+                Volumes = new List<Volume>(),
+                Metadata = SeriesMetadata(Array.Empty<CollectionTag>())
             };
         }
 
diff --git a/API/Program.cs b/API/Program.cs
index 4ea8f4e40..d9715c0f6 100644
--- a/API/Program.cs
+++ b/API/Program.cs
@@ -100,11 +100,12 @@ namespace API
                         options.AddExceptionFilterForType<NetVips.VipsException>();
                         options.AddExceptionFilterForType<InvalidDataException>();
                         options.AddExceptionFilterForType<KavitaException>();
-                        
+
                         options.BeforeSend = sentryEvent =>
                         {
                             if (sentryEvent.Exception != null
-                                && sentryEvent.Exception.Message.Contains("[GetCoverImage] This archive cannot be read:"))
+                                && sentryEvent.Exception.Message.Contains("[GetCoverImage] This archive cannot be read:")
+                                && sentryEvent.Exception.Message.Contains("[BookService] "))
                             {
                                 return null; // Don't send this event to Sentry
                             }
diff --git a/API/Services/BookService.cs b/API/Services/BookService.cs
index 20de5f92c..c5a3e26f5 100644
--- a/API/Services/BookService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/BookService.cs
@@ -156,22 +156,31 @@ namespace API.Services
         public string GetSummaryInfo(string filePath)
         {
             if (!IsValidFile(filePath)) return string.Empty;
-            
-            using var epubBook = EpubReader.OpenBook(filePath);
-            return epubBook.Schema.Package.Metadata.Description;
+
+            try
+            {
+                using var epubBook = EpubReader.OpenBook(filePath);
+                return epubBook.Schema.Package.Metadata.Description;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "[BookService] There was an exception getting summary, defaulting to empty string");
+            }
+
+            return string.Empty;
         }
 
         private bool IsValidFile(string filePath)
         {
             if (!File.Exists(filePath))
             {
-                _logger.LogError("Book {EpubFile} could not be found", filePath);
+                _logger.LogError("[BookService] Book {EpubFile} could not be found", filePath);
                 return false;
             }
 
             if (Parser.Parser.IsBook(filePath)) return true;
             
-            _logger.LogError("Book {EpubFile} is not a valid EPUB", filePath);
+            _logger.LogError("[BookService] Book {EpubFile} is not a valid EPUB", filePath);
             return false; 
         }
 
@@ -186,7 +195,7 @@ namespace API.Services
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.LogError(ex, "There was an exception getting number of pages, defaulting to 0");
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "[BookService] There was an exception getting number of pages, defaulting to 0");
             }
 
             return 0;
@@ -238,7 +247,7 @@ namespace API.Services
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.LogError(ex, "There was an exception when opening epub book: {FileName}", filePath);
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "[BookService] There was an exception when opening epub book: {FileName}", filePath);
             }
 
             return null;
@@ -257,7 +266,7 @@ namespace API.Services
                 // Try to get the cover image from OPF file, if not set, try to parse it from all the files, then result to the first one.
                 var coverImageContent = epubBook.Content.Cover
                                         ?? epubBook.Content.Images.Values.FirstOrDefault(file => Parser.Parser.IsCoverImage(file.FileName))
-                                        ?? epubBook.Content.Images.Values.First();
+                                        ?? epubBook.Content.Images.Values.FirstOrDefault();
                 
                 if (coverImageContent == null) return Array.Empty<byte>();
 
@@ -273,7 +282,7 @@ namespace API.Services
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.LogError(ex, "There was a critical error and prevented thumbnail generation on {BookFile}. Defaulting to no cover image", fileFilePath);
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "[BookService] There was a critical error and prevented thumbnail generation on {BookFile}. Defaulting to no cover image", fileFilePath);
             }
             
             return Array.Empty<byte>();