diff --git a/enjoy/src/renderer/components/pronunciation-assessments/pronunciation-assessment-form.tsx b/enjoy/src/renderer/components/pronunciation-assessments/pronunciation-assessment-form.tsx
index 58b9efbc..9de7f777 100644
--- a/enjoy/src/renderer/components/pronunciation-assessments/pronunciation-assessment-form.tsx
+++ b/enjoy/src/renderer/components/pronunciation-assessments/pronunciation-assessment-form.tsx
@@ -64,32 +64,34 @@ export const PronunciationAssessmentForm = () => {
     }
     const { language, referenceText } = data;
 
+    let recording: RecordingType;
     try {
-      setSubmitting(true);
-      const recording = await createRecording(data);
-      toast.promise(
-        createAssessment({
-          language,
-          reference: referenceText,
-          recording,
-        })
-          .then(() => {
-            navigate("/pronunciation_assessments");
-          })
-          .catch(() => {
-            EnjoyApp.recordings.destroy(recording.id);
-          })
-          .finally(() => setSubmitting(false)),
-        {
-          loading: t("assessing"),
-          success: t("assessedSuccessfully"),
-          error: (err) => err.message,
-        }
-      );
+      recording = await createRecording(data);
     } catch (err) {
       toast.error(err.message);
-      setSubmitting(false);
     }
+    if (!recording) return;
+
+    setSubmitting(true);
+    toast.promise(
+      createAssessment({
+        language,
+        reference: referenceText,
+        recording,
+      })
+        .then(() => {
+          navigate("/pronunciation_assessments");
+        })
+        .catch(() => {
+          EnjoyApp.recordings.destroy(recording.id);
+        })
+        .finally(() => setSubmitting(false)),
+      {
+        loading: t("assessing"),
+        success: t("assessedSuccessfully"),
+        error: (err) => err.message,
+      }
+    );
   };
 
   const createRecording = async (
diff --git a/enjoy/src/renderer/hooks/use-pronunciation-assessments.tsx b/enjoy/src/renderer/hooks/use-pronunciation-assessments.tsx
index 03171e78..bd343101 100644
--- a/enjoy/src/renderer/hooks/use-pronunciation-assessments.tsx
+++ b/enjoy/src/renderer/hooks/use-pronunciation-assessments.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as sdk from "microsoft-cognitiveservices-speech-sdk";
 import { useContext } from "react";
 import { AppSettingsProviderContext } from "@renderer/context";
 import camelcaseKeys from "camelcase-keys";
+import { toast } from "@renderer/components/ui";
 
 export const usePronunciationAssessments = () => {
   const { webApi, EnjoyApp } = useContext(AppSettingsProviderContext);
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export const usePronunciationAssessments = () => {
       recording = await EnjoyApp.recordings.findOne(targetId);
     }
 
-    await EnjoyApp.recordings.sync(recording.id);
+    EnjoyApp.recordings.sync(recording.id).catch((err) => toast.error(err));
     const blob = await (await fetch(recording.src)).blob();
     targetId = recording.id;
     targetType = "Recording";