diff --git a/lib/submissions/timestamp_handler.rb b/lib/submissions/timestamp_handler.rb
index 03b45d43..da8eb845 100644
--- a/lib/submissions/timestamp_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/submissions/timestamp_handler.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ module Submissions
       signature[:SubFilter] = :'ETSI.RFC3161'
     end
 
+    # rubocop:disable Metrics
     def sign(io, byte_range)
       digest = OpenSSL::Digest.new(HASH_ALGORITHM)
 
@@ -49,7 +50,12 @@ module Submissions
       end
 
       OpenSSL::Timestamp::Response.new(response.body).token.to_der
+    rescue StandardError => e
+      Rollbar.error(e) if defined?(Rollbar)
+
+      OpenSSL::ASN1::GeneralizedTime.new(Time.now.utc).to_der
     end
+    # rubocop:enable Metrics
 
     def build_payload(digest)
       req = OpenSSL::Timestamp::Request.new