diff --git a/middlewares/cbreaker.go b/middlewares/cbreaker.go
index d5c97d8f7..4a1859330 100644
--- a/middlewares/cbreaker.go
+++ b/middlewares/cbreaker.go
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@ type CircuitBreaker struct {
 }
 
 // NewCircuitBreaker returns a new CircuitBreaker.
-func NewCircuitBreaker(next http.Handler, expression string, options ...cbreaker.CircuitBreakerOption) *CircuitBreaker {
-	circuitBreaker, _ := cbreaker.New(next, expression, options...)
-	return &CircuitBreaker{circuitBreaker}
+func NewCircuitBreaker(next http.Handler, expression string, options ...cbreaker.CircuitBreakerOption) (*CircuitBreaker, error) {
+	circuitBreaker, err := cbreaker.New(next, expression, options...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &CircuitBreaker{circuitBreaker}, nil
 }
 
 func (cb *CircuitBreaker) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next http.HandlerFunc) {
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 8c92ae2f7..a8adaa288 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -507,7 +507,13 @@ func (server *Server) loadConfig(configurations configs, globalConfiguration Glo
 						var negroni = negroni.New()
 						if configuration.Backends[frontend.Backend].CircuitBreaker != nil {
 							log.Debugf("Creating circuit breaker %s", configuration.Backends[frontend.Backend].CircuitBreaker.Expression)
-							negroni.Use(middlewares.NewCircuitBreaker(lb, configuration.Backends[frontend.Backend].CircuitBreaker.Expression, cbreaker.Logger(oxyLogger)))
+							cbreaker, err := middlewares.NewCircuitBreaker(lb, configuration.Backends[frontend.Backend].CircuitBreaker.Expression, cbreaker.Logger(oxyLogger))
+							if err != nil {
+								log.Errorf("Error creating circuit breaker: %v", err)
+								log.Errorf("Skipping frontend %s...", frontendName)
+								continue frontend
+							}
+							negroni.Use(cbreaker)
 						} else {
 							negroni.UseHandler(lb)
 						}