diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ML.AutoML/Experiment/Experiment.cs b/src/Microsoft.ML.AutoML/Experiment/Experiment.cs
index c845dca14f..0d78a0cf63 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ML.AutoML/Experiment/Experiment.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ML.AutoML/Experiment/Experiment.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public IList<TRunDetail> Execute()
                 // get next pipeline
                 var getPipelineStopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
                 var pipeline = PipelineSuggester.GetNextInferredPipeline(_context, _history, _datasetColumnInfo, _task,
-                    _optimizingMetricInfo.IsMaximizing, _experimentSettings.CacheBeforeTrainer, _trainerAllowList);
+                    _optimizingMetricInfo.IsMaximizing, _experimentSettings.CacheBeforeTrainer, _logger, _trainerAllowList);
 
                 var pipelineInferenceTimeInSeconds = getPipelineStopwatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds;
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ML.AutoML/PipelineSuggesters/PipelineSuggester.cs b/src/Microsoft.ML.AutoML/PipelineSuggesters/PipelineSuggester.cs
index 8a420cbb5d..711c7bd3ef 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ML.AutoML/PipelineSuggesters/PipelineSuggester.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ML.AutoML/PipelineSuggesters/PipelineSuggester.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.ML.Data;
+using Microsoft.ML.Internal.Utilities;
+using Microsoft.ML.Runtime;
 
 namespace Microsoft.ML.AutoML
 {
@@ -17,10 +19,11 @@ public static Pipeline GetNextPipeline(MLContext context,
             IEnumerable<PipelineScore> history,
             DatasetColumnInfo[] columns,
             TaskKind task,
+            IChannel logger,
             bool isMaximizingMetric = true)
         {
             var inferredHistory = history.Select(r => SuggestedPipelineRunDetail.FromPipelineRunResult(context, r));
-            var nextInferredPipeline = GetNextInferredPipeline(context, inferredHistory, columns, task, isMaximizingMetric, CacheBeforeTrainer.Auto);
+            var nextInferredPipeline = GetNextInferredPipeline(context, inferredHistory, columns, task, isMaximizingMetric, CacheBeforeTrainer.Auto, logger);
             return nextInferredPipeline?.ToPipeline();
         }
 
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ public static SuggestedPipeline GetNextInferredPipeline(MLContext context,
             TaskKind task,
             bool isMaximizingMetric,
             CacheBeforeTrainer cacheBeforeTrainer,
+            IChannel logger,
             IEnumerable<TrainerName> trainerAllowList = null)
         {
             var availableTrainers = RecipeInference.AllowedTrainers(context, task,
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ public static SuggestedPipeline GetNextInferredPipeline(MLContext context,
                 do
                 {
                     // sample new hyperparameters for the learner
-                    if (!SampleHyperparameters(context, newTrainer, history, isMaximizingMetric))
+                    if (!SampleHyperparameters(context, newTrainer, history, isMaximizingMetric, logger))
                     {
                         // if unable to sample new hyperparameters for the learner
                         // (ie SMAC returned 0 suggestions), break
@@ -188,30 +192,42 @@ private static IValueGenerator[] ConvertToValueGenerators(IEnumerable<SweepableP
         /// Samples new hyperparameters for the trainer, and sets them.
         /// Returns true if success (new hyperparameters were suggested and set). Else, returns false.
         /// </summary>
-        private static bool SampleHyperparameters(MLContext context, SuggestedTrainer trainer, IEnumerable<SuggestedPipelineRunDetail> history, bool isMaximizingMetric)
+        private static bool SampleHyperparameters(MLContext context, SuggestedTrainer trainer,
+            IEnumerable<SuggestedPipelineRunDetail> history, bool isMaximizingMetric, IChannel logger)
         {
-            var sps = ConvertToValueGenerators(trainer.SweepParams);
-            var sweeper = new SmacSweeper(context,
-                new SmacSweeper.Arguments
+            try
+            {
+                var sps = ConvertToValueGenerators(trainer.SweepParams);
+                var sweeper = new SmacSweeper(context,
+                    new SmacSweeper.Arguments
+                    {
+                        SweptParameters = sps
+                    });
+
+                IEnumerable<SuggestedPipelineRunDetail> historyToUse = history
+                    .Where(r => r.RunSucceeded && r.Pipeline.Trainer.TrainerName == trainer.TrainerName &&
+                                r.Pipeline.Trainer.HyperParamSet != null &&
+                                r.Pipeline.Trainer.HyperParamSet.Any() &&
+                                FloatUtils.IsFinite(r.Score));
+
+                // get new set of hyperparameter values
+                var proposedParamSet = sweeper.ProposeSweeps(1, historyToUse.Select(h => h.ToRunResult(isMaximizingMetric))).FirstOrDefault();
+                if (!proposedParamSet.Any())
                 {
-                    SweptParameters = sps
-                });
+                    return false;
+                }
 
-            IEnumerable<SuggestedPipelineRunDetail> historyToUse = history
-                .Where(r => r.RunSucceeded && r.Pipeline.Trainer.TrainerName == trainer.TrainerName && r.Pipeline.Trainer.HyperParamSet != null && r.Pipeline.Trainer.HyperParamSet.Any());
+                // associate proposed parameter set with trainer, so that smart hyperparameter
+                // sweepers (like KDO) can map them back.
+                trainer.SetHyperparamValues(proposedParamSet);
 
-            // get new set of hyperparameter values
-            var proposedParamSet = sweeper.ProposeSweeps(1, historyToUse.Select(h => h.ToRunResult(isMaximizingMetric))).First();
-            if (!proposedParamSet.Any())
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                return false;
+                logger.Error($"SampleHyperparameters failed with exception: {ex}");
+                throw;
             }
-
-            // associate proposed parameter set with trainer, so that smart hyperparameter
-            // sweepers (like KDO) can map them back.
-            trainer.SetHyperparamValues(proposedParamSet);
-
-            return true;
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.ML.AutoML.Tests/GetNextPipelineTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.ML.AutoML.Tests/GetNextPipelineTests.cs
index fb0a65bf5a..cec77327f1 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.ML.AutoML.Tests/GetNextPipelineTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.ML.AutoML.Tests/GetNextPipelineTests.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Microsoft.ML.TestFramework;
 using Xunit.Abstractions;
+using Microsoft.ML.Runtime;
 
 namespace Microsoft.ML.AutoML.Test
 {
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ public void GetNextPipeline()
             var columns = DatasetColumnInfoUtil.GetDatasetColumnInfo(context, uciAdult, new ColumnInformation() { LabelColumnName = DatasetUtil.UciAdultLabel });
 
             // get next pipeline
-            var pipeline = PipelineSuggester.GetNextPipeline(context, new List<PipelineScore>(), columns, TaskKind.BinaryClassification);
+            var pipeline = PipelineSuggester.GetNextPipeline(context, new List<PipelineScore>(), columns,
+                TaskKind.BinaryClassification, ((IChannelProvider)context).Start("AutoMLTest"));
 
             // serialize & deserialize pipeline
             var serialized = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(pipeline);
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ public void GetNextPipelineMock()
             for (var i = 0; i < maxIterations; i++)
             {
                 // Get next pipeline
-                var pipeline = PipelineSuggester.GetNextPipeline(context, history, columns, task);
+                var pipeline = PipelineSuggester.GetNextPipeline(context, history, columns, task, ((IChannelProvider)context).Start("AutoMLTest"));
                 if (pipeline == null)
                 {
                     break;