diff --git a/src/pdl/optimize/pdl_optimizer.py b/src/pdl/optimize/pdl_optimizer.py
index 0dea78ef8..b6be331a7 100644
--- a/src/pdl/optimize/pdl_optimizer.py
+++ b/src/pdl/optimize/pdl_optimizer.py
@@ -254,7 +254,10 @@ def save_experiment(self):
         exp_file = self.experiment_path / f"{self.experiment_uuid}.json"
 
         with exp_file.open("w") as f:
-            json.dump(self.experiment_log, f)
+            try:
+                json.dump(self.experiment_log, f)
+            except TypeError:
+                logger.warning("Unable to save experiment")  # TODO
 
         return exp_file