diff --git a/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/flomni/flomni.py b/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/flomni/flomni.py
index b11349a..96c9fff 100644
--- a/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/flomni/flomni.py
+++ b/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/flomni/flomni.py
@@ -2251,9 +2251,7 @@ class Flomni(
             f"Alignment scan numbers: {scan_list_str}\n"
         )
         print(scilog_content)
-        bec.messaging.scilog.new().add_text(scilog_content.replace("\n", "<br>")).add_tags(
-            "alignmentscan"
-        ).send()
+        self._scilog_write(scilog_content, "alignmentscan")
 
     def write_alignment_scan_numbers(self, first_scan):
         import os
@@ -2737,9 +2735,7 @@ class Flomni(
         for line in timing_lines[3:]:
             print(line)
         timing_content = "\n".join(timing_lines)
-        bec.messaging.scilog.new().add_text(timing_content.replace("\n", "<br>")).add_tags(
-            "tomoscan"
-        ).send()
+        self._scilog_write(timing_content, "tomoscan")
 
     def tomo_scan_resume(self) -> None:
         """Resume a tomo_scan() that crashed or was interrupted, picking up
@@ -2802,6 +2798,29 @@ class Flomni(
             return f"{m}m {s:02d}s"
         return f"{s}s"
 
+    def _scilog_write(self, text: str, tags: str | list) -> bool:
+        """Write a text entry to scilog, tolerating scilog being disabled or
+        unreachable. This is documentation of a scan, not part of the scan
+        itself -- it must never fail a caller (in particular a tomo_queue
+        job, which would otherwise be marked "incomplete" and pause the
+        whole queue over a logging side effect that has nothing to do with
+        whether the tomogram actually succeeded).
+
+        Returns True if the entry was sent, False if it was skipped/failed
+        (already logged as a warning either way -- callers that don't care
+        about the outcome can ignore the return value).
+        """
+        scilog = getattr(bec.messaging, "scilog", None)
+        if scilog is None or not getattr(scilog, "_enabled", False):
+            logger.warning("scilog is not enabled; skipping scilog entry.")
+            return False
+        try:
+            scilog.new().add_text(text.replace("\n", "<br>")).add_tags(tags).send()
+            return True
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.warning(f"Failed to write to scilog: {exc}")
+            return False
+
     def _print_progress(self):
         # --- compute and store estimated remaining time -----------------------
         start_str = self.progress.get("tomo_start_time")
@@ -3138,10 +3157,7 @@ class Flomni(
         content = "\n".join(lines)
         print(content)
 
-        bec = builtins.__dict__.get("bec")
-        bec.messaging.scilog.new().add_text(content.replace("\n", "<br>")).add_tags(
-            "tomoscan"
-        ).send()
+        self._scilog_write(content, "tomoscan")
 
     def _write_tomo_scan_number(self, scan_number: int, angle: float, subtomo_number: int) -> None:
         tomo_scan_numbers_file = os.path.expanduser("~/data/raw/logs/tomography_scannumbers.txt")