diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d1905d78..0eeb0fef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 2.9.0 - 2024-04-29
+
+* Review the GetLegendGraphic
+* Discard invalid layers from Services other than WMS
+* WMS GetLegendGraphic JSON: Provide Warning icon for invalid layers
+* Fix wrong maptip returned in case of layer short name versus layer name
+* Review logging in case of error
+* Internal refactoring about tests
+* For Lizmap Web Client 3.8 : Extending replaceExpressionText Request with ALL features and GeoJSON format
+* Add statistics
+
 ## 2.8.6 - 2024-03-18
 
 * GetFeatureInfo - Since QGIS 3.36, when reading a QGS file with an empty string, the variable is not returned
diff --git a/lizmap_server/plugin.py b/lizmap_server/plugin.py
index 660404d5..df7847c9 100755
--- a/lizmap_server/plugin.py
+++ b/lizmap_server/plugin.py
@@ -29,8 +29,13 @@ def __init__(self, server_iface: QgsServerInterface) -> None:
         self.logger = Logger()
         self.version = version()
         self.logger.info('Init server version "{}"'.format(self.version))
-        self.plausible = Plausible()
-        self.plausible.request_stat_event()
+        # noinspection PyBroadException
+        try:
+            self.plausible = Plausible()
+            self.plausible.request_stat_event()
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.logger.log_exception(e)
+            self.logger.critical('Error while calling the API stats')
 
         service_registry = server_iface.serviceRegistry()