diff --git a/azure_functions_worker/loader.py b/azure_functions_worker/loader.py
index 6fce3a4d..7277eb3e 100644
--- a/azure_functions_worker/loader.py
+++ b/azure_functions_worker/loader.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from .bindings.retrycontext import RetryPolicy
 from .constants import MODULE_NOT_FOUND_TS_URL, SCRIPT_FILE_NAME, \
     PYTHON_LANGUAGE_RUNTIME, RETRY_POLICY, CUSTOMER_PACKAGES_PATH
+from .logging import logger
 from .utils.wrappers import attach_message_to_exception
 
 _AZURE_NAMESPACE = '__app__'
@@ -85,7 +86,8 @@ def build_retry_protos(indexed_function) -> Dict:
 def get_retry_settings(indexed_function):
     try:
         return indexed_function.get_settings_dict(RETRY_POLICY)
-    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    except AttributeError as e:
+        logger.warning("AttributeError while loading retry policy. %s", e)
         return None
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_loader.py b/tests/unittests/test_loader.py
index b78aa99f..85ff1472 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/test_loader.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/test_loader.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import textwrap
-from unittest.mock import Mock
+from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
 
 from azure.functions import Function
 from azure.functions.decorators.retry_policy import RetryPolicy
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ def test_function():
         self.func = Function(self.test_function, script_file="test.py")
         self.function_registry = functions.Registry()
 
-    def test_building_fixed_retry_protos(self):
+    @classmethod
+    def get_script_dir(cls):
+        return testutils.UNIT_TESTS_FOLDER / 'load_functions'
+
+    def test_loader_building_fixed_retry_protos(self):
         trigger = TimerTrigger(schedule="*/1 * * * * *", arg_name="mytimer",
                                name="mytimer")
         self.func.add_trigger(trigger=trigger)
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ def test_building_fixed_retry_protos(self):
         self.assertEqual(protos.retry_strategy, 1)  # 1 enum for fixed delay
         self.assertEqual(protos.delay_interval.seconds, 120)
 
-    def test_building_exponential_retry_protos(self):
+    def test_loader_building_exponential_retry_protos(self):
         trigger = TimerTrigger(schedule="*/1 * * * * *", arg_name="mytimer",
                                name="mytimer")
         self.func.add_trigger(trigger=trigger)
@@ -56,16 +60,19 @@ def test_building_exponential_retry_protos(self):
         self.assertEqual(protos.minimum_interval.seconds, 60)
         self.assertEqual(protos.maximum_interval.seconds, 120)
 
-    def test_retry_module_not_found(self):
+    @patch('azure_functions_worker.logging.logger.warning')
+    def test_loader_retry_policy_attribute_error(self, mock_logger):
         self.func = Mock()
-        self.func.get_settings_dict.side_effect = ModuleNotFoundError
+        self.func.get_settings_dict.side_effect = AttributeError('DummyError')
 
         result = build_retry_protos(self.func)
         self.assertIsNone(result)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def get_script_dir(cls):
-        return testutils.UNIT_TESTS_FOLDER / 'load_functions'
+        # Check if the logged message starts with the expected string
+        logged_message = mock_logger.call_args[0][
+            0]  # Get the first argument of the logger.warning call
+        self.assertTrue(logged_message.startswith(
+            'AttributeError while loading retry policy.'))
 
     def test_loader_simple(self):
         r = self.webhost.request('GET', 'simple')