diff --git a/app/clients/email/aws_ses.py b/app/clients/email/aws_ses.py
index 63536ae43..4607d5fda 100644
--- a/app/clients/email/aws_ses.py
+++ b/app/clients/email/aws_ses.py
@@ -90,13 +90,15 @@ class AwsSesClient(EmailClient):
                     },
                     'Body': body
                 },
-                ReplyToAddresses=reply_to_addresses)
-            elapsed_time = monotonic() - start_time
-            current_app.logger.info("AWS SES request finished in {}".format(elapsed_time))
-            self.statsd_client.timing("clients.ses.request-time", elapsed_time)
-            self.statsd_client.incr("clients.ses.success")
-            return response['MessageId']
+                ReplyToAddresses=reply_to_addresses
+            )
         except Exception as e:
             # TODO logging exceptions
             self.statsd_client.incr("clients.ses.error")
             raise AwsSesClientException(str(e))
+
+        elapsed_time = monotonic() - start_time
+        current_app.logger.info("AWS SES request finished in {}".format(elapsed_time))
+        self.statsd_client.timing("clients.ses.request-time", elapsed_time)
+        self.statsd_client.incr("clients.ses.success")
+        return response['MessageId']