diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Compile/ClsiManager.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Compile/ClsiManager.coffee
index 46cb4e35e3..ca3cd2b6ab 100755
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Compile/ClsiManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Compile/ClsiManager.coffee
@@ -38,17 +38,17 @@ module.exports = ClsiManager =
 				if validationProblems?
 					logger.log project_id:project_id, validationProblems:validationProblems, "problems with users latex before compile was attempted"
 					return callback(null, "validation-problems", null, null, validationProblems)
-			ClsiManager._postToClsi project_id, user_id, req, options.compileGroup, (error, response) ->
-				if error?
-					logger.err err:error, project_id:project_id, "error sending request to clsi"
-					return callback(error)
-				logger.log project_id: project_id, outputFilesLength: response?.outputFiles?.length, status: response?.status, compile_status: response?.compile?.status, "received compile response from CLSI"
-				ClsiCookieManager._getServerId project_id, (err, clsiServerId)->
-					if err?
-						logger.err err:err, project_id:project_id, "error getting server id"
-						return callback(err)
-					outputFiles = ClsiManager._parseOutputFiles(project_id, response?.compile?.outputFiles)
-					callback(null, response?.compile?.status, outputFiles, clsiServerId)
+				ClsiManager._postToClsi project_id, user_id, req, options.compileGroup, (error, response) ->
+					if error?
+						logger.err err:error, project_id:project_id, "error sending request to clsi"
+						return callback(error)
+					logger.log project_id: project_id, outputFilesLength: response?.outputFiles?.length, status: response?.status, compile_status: response?.compile?.status, "received compile response from CLSI"
+					ClsiCookieManager._getServerId project_id, (err, clsiServerId)->
+						if err?
+							logger.err err:err, project_id:project_id, "error getting server id"
+							return callback(err)
+						outputFiles = ClsiManager._parseOutputFiles(project_id, response?.compile?.outputFiles)
+						callback(null, response?.compile?.status, outputFiles, clsiServerId)
 
 	stopCompile: (project_id, user_id, options, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		compilerUrl = @_getCompilerUrl(options?.compileGroup, project_id, user_id, "compile/stop")
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Compile/ClsiManagerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Compile/ClsiManagerTests.coffee
index 32deed5522..f02c228ad6 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Compile/ClsiManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Compile/ClsiManagerTests.coffee
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe "ClsiManager", ->
 				getProjectDocsIfMatch: sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2,null,null)
 			"./ClsiCookieManager": @ClsiCookieManager
 			"./ClsiStateManager": @ClsiStateManager
-			"logger-sharelatex": @logger = { log: sinon.stub(), error: sinon.stub(), warn: sinon.stub() }
+			"logger-sharelatex": @logger = { log: sinon.stub(), error: sinon.stub(), err: sinon.stub(), warn: sinon.stub() }
 			"request": @request = sinon.stub()
 			"./ClsiFormatChecker": @ClsiFormatChecker
 			"metrics-sharelatex": @Metrics =
@@ -122,6 +122,21 @@ describe "ClsiManager", ->
 			it "should call the callback with a success status", ->
 				@callback.calledWith(null, @status, ).should.equal true
 
+		describe "when the resources fail the precompile check", ->
+			beforeEach ->
+				@ClsiFormatChecker.checkRecoursesForProblems = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, new Error("failed"))
+				@ClsiManager._postToClsi = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(4, null, {
+					compile:
+						status: @status = "failure"
+				})
+				@ClsiManager.sendRequest @project_id, @user_id, {}, @callback
+
+			it "should call the callback only once", ->
+				@callback.calledOnce.should.equal true
+
+			it "should call the callback with an error", ->
+				@callback.calledWithExactly(new Error("failed")).should.equal true
+
 	describe "deleteAuxFiles", ->
 		beforeEach ->
 			@ClsiManager._makeRequest = sinon.stub().callsArg(2)