diff --git a/src/core/openai.ts b/src/core/openai.ts
index c93d63a..220d57f 100644
--- a/src/core/openai.ts
+++ b/src/core/openai.ts
@@ -130,11 +130,15 @@ export class OpenAiTranscriber implements Transcriber {
       apiKey = s.apiKey;
       boundary = makeBoundary(this.random);
       result = await this.request(s, audio, mime, signal, boundary);
-      if (!result.ok) result = { ...result, message: redact(result.message, { apiKey, boundary }) };
     } catch (e) {
-      result = fail('temporary', redact(`внутренняя ошибка: ${errorText(e)}`, { apiKey, boundary }));
+      result = fail('temporary', `внутренняя ошибка: ${errorText(e)}`);
+    }
+    if (result.ok) return result;
+    try {
+      return { ...result, message: redact(result.message, { apiKey, boundary }) };
+    } catch {
+      return { ...result, message: 'внутренняя ошибка' };
     }
-    return result;
   }
 
   private request(