diff --git a/src/backlinks/handler.js b/src/backlinks/handler.js
index 4a5dba24..3b825cc3 100644
--- a/src/backlinks/handler.js
+++ b/src/backlinks/handler.js
@@ -100,18 +100,24 @@ export default async function auditBrokenBacklinks(message, context) {
       const filteredBacklinks = result?.backlinks?.filter(
         (backlink) => !excludedURLs?.includes(backlink.url_to),
       );
-      const brokenBacklinks = await filterOutValidBacklinks(filteredBacklinks, log);
+      let brokenBacklinks = await filterOutValidBacklinks(filteredBacklinks, log);
+      try {
+        const topPages = await dataAccess.getTopPagesForSite(siteId, 'ahrefs', 'global');
+        const keywords = topPages.map(
+          (page) => ({
+            url: page.getURL(),
+            keyword: page.getTopKeyword(),
+            traffic: page.getTraffic(),
+          }),
+        );
+        brokenBacklinks = enhanceBacklinksWithFixes(brokenBacklinks, keywords, log);
+      } catch (e) {
+        log.error(`Enhancing backlinks with fixes for siteId ${siteId} failed with error: ${e.message}`, e);
+      }
 
-      const topPages = await dataAccess.getTopPagesForSite(siteId, 'ahrefs', 'global');
-      const keywords = topPages.map(
-        (page) => (
-          { url: page.getURL(), keyword: page.getTopKeyword(), traffic: page.getTraffic() }
-        ),
-      );
-      const enhancedBacklinks = enhanceBacklinksWithFixes(brokenBacklinks, keywords, log);
       auditResult = {
         finalUrl: auditContext.finalUrl,
-        brokenBacklinks: enhancedBacklinks,
+        brokenBacklinks,
         fullAuditRef,
       };
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/test/audits/backlinks.test.js b/test/audits/backlinks.test.js
index 29f792ba..2c09f8d1 100644
--- a/test/audits/backlinks.test.js
+++ b/test/audits/backlinks.test.js
@@ -362,6 +362,56 @@ describe('Backlinks Tests', function () {
       .calledWith(context.env.AUDIT_RESULTS_QUEUE_URL, expectedMessage);
   });
 
+  it('should detect broken backlinks and save the proper audit result, even if the suggested fix fails', async () => {
+    mockDataAccess.getSiteByID = sinon.stub().withArgs('site1').resolves(site);
+    mockDataAccess.getTopPagesForSite.resolves([createSiteTopPage({
+      siteId: site.getId(),
+      url: `${site.getBaseURL()}/foo.html`,
+      traffic: 1000,
+      source: 'ahrefs',
+      geo: 'global',
+      importedAt: new Date('2024-06-18').toISOString(),
+      topKeyword: 'c++',
+    })]);
+    const brokenBacklink = {
+      backlinks: [
+        {
+          title: 'backlink that has a faulty path',
+          url_from: 'https://from.com/from-1',
+          url_to: 'https://foo.com/c++',
+          domain_traffic: 4000,
+        }],
+    };
+    mockDataAccess.getConfiguration = sinon.stub().resolves(configuration);
+    nock(site.getBaseURL())
+      .get(/.*/)
+      .reply(200);
+
+    nock('https://ahrefs.com')
+      .get(/.*/)
+      .reply(200, brokenBacklink);
+
+    const expectedMessage = {
+      type: message.type,
+      url: site.getBaseURL(),
+      auditContext: {
+        finalUrl: 'bar.foo.com',
+      },
+      auditResult: {
+        finalUrl: 'bar.foo.com',
+        brokenBacklinks: brokenBacklink.backlinks,
+        fullAuditRef: 'https://ahrefs.com/site-explorer/broken-backlinks?select=title%2Curl_from%2Curl_to%2Ctraffic_domain&limit=50&mode=prefix&order_by=domain_rating_source%3Adesc%2Ctraffic_domain%3Adesc&target=bar.foo.com&output=json&where=%7B%22and%22%3A%5B%7B%22field%22%3A%22is_dofollow%22%2C%22is%22%3A%5B%22eq%22%2C1%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22is_content%22%2C%22is%22%3A%5B%22eq%22%2C1%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22domain_rating_source%22%2C%22is%22%3A%5B%22gte%22%2C29.5%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22traffic_domain%22%2C%22is%22%3A%5B%22gte%22%2C500%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22links_external%22%2C%22is%22%3A%5B%22lte%22%2C300%5D%7D%5D%7D',
+      },
+    };
+    const response = await auditBrokenBacklinks(message, context);
+
+    expect(response.status).to.equal(204);
+    expect(mockDataAccess.addAudit).to.have.been.calledOnce;
+    expect(context.sqs.sendMessage).to.have.been.calledOnce;
+    expect(context.sqs.sendMessage).to.have.been
+      .calledWith(context.env.AUDIT_RESULTS_QUEUE_URL, expectedMessage);
+  });
+
   it('should successfully perform an audit to detect broken backlinks and set finalUrl, for baseUrl redirecting to www domain', async () => {
     mockDataAccess.getSiteByID = sinon.stub().withArgs('site2').resolves(site2);
     mockDataAccess.getTopPagesForSite.resolves([]);