diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/ShibbolethUiApplication.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/ShibbolethUiApplication.java
index 42e7901e7..b2470b8c5 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/ShibbolethUiApplication.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/ShibbolethUiApplication.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
+import javax.script.ScriptException;
+
 @SpringBootApplication
 @ComponentScan(excludeFilters = @ComponentScan.Filter(type = FilterType.REGEX, pattern = "edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.configuration.auto.*"))
 @EntityScan(basePackages = {"edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain", "edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.envers", "edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.model"})
@@ -69,7 +71,16 @@ public void initializeResolvers(ApplicationStartedEvent e) {
             metadataResolverRepository.findAll()
                     .forEach(it -> {
                         logger.info(String.format("Reloading filters for resolver [%s: %s]", it.getName(), it.getResourceId()));
-                        metadataResolverService.reloadFilters(it.getResourceId());
+                        try {
+                            metadataResolverService.reloadFilters(it.getResourceId());
+                        }
+                        catch (Throwable ex) {
+                            if(ex instanceof ScriptException) {
+                                logger.warn("Caught invalid script parsing error. Please fix the script data.", ex);
+                                return;
+                            }
+                            throw ex;
+                        }
                     });
         }
     }
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/MetadataFiltersController.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/MetadataFiltersController.java
index c2a6f4c07..87c7a8bd3 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/MetadataFiltersController.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/MetadataFiltersController.java
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public ResponseEntity<?> create(@PathVariable String metadataResolverId, @Reques
     }
 
     @PutMapping("/Filters/{resourceId}")
+    @Transactional
     public ResponseEntity<?> update(@PathVariable String metadataResolverId,
                                     @PathVariable String resourceId,
                                     @RequestBody MetadataFilter updatedFilter) {