diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
index 2cbc8ef55b..a44275ad5d 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ class SendingQueue {
     if($send_result['response'] === false) {
       $error = $send_result['error'];
       assert($error instanceof MailerError);
+      // Always switch error level to hard until we implement UI for individual subscriber errors
+      $error->switchLevelToHard();
       $this->error_handler->processError($error, $sending_task, $prepared_subscribers_ids, $prepared_subscribers);
     }
     // update processed/to process list
diff --git a/lib/Mailer/MailerError.php b/lib/Mailer/MailerError.php
index 46ad67504b..e9e666d1dc 100644
--- a/lib/Mailer/MailerError.php
+++ b/lib/Mailer/MailerError.php
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ class MailerError {
     return $this->subscribers_errors;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Temporary method until we implement UI for subscriber errors
+   */
+  function switchLevelToHard() {
+    $this->level = self::LEVEL_HARD;
+  }
+
   function getMessageWithFailedSubscribers() {
     $message = $this->message ?: '';
     if(!$this->subscribers_errors) {