diff --git a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/config.py b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/config.py
index dfe56840..9e0f47e2 100644
--- a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/config.py
+++ b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/config.py
@@ -20,5 +20,12 @@
 }
 """Rules to run for EU Curation."""
 
+CURATION_SCORES = {
+    "award_acronym_in_title": 5,
+    "award_acronym_in_description": 10,
+    "test_phrases_in_record": False,
+}
+"""Rule scores for EU Curation."""
+
 CURATION_ENABLE_EU_CURATOR = False
 """Controls whether to dry run EU Curation."""
diff --git a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/curators.py b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/curators.py
index 2a7814a4..81698e9d 100644
--- a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/curators.py
+++ b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/curators.py
@@ -7,17 +7,18 @@
 
 """Curators for ZenodoRDM Curation."""
 
-
 from flask import current_app
 from invenio_access.permissions import system_identity
 from invenio_rdm_records.proxies import current_record_communities_service
 from invenio_records_resources.services.uow import UnitOfWork
 
+from zenodo_rdm.curation.proxies import current_curation
+
 
 class BaseCurator:
     """Base Curator class."""
 
-    def __init__(self, dry=False, raise_exc=False) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, dry=False, raise_exc=False):
         """Constructor."""
         self.dry = dry
         self.raise_exc = raise_exc
@@ -59,13 +60,16 @@ def _evaluator(self, results):
         """Evaluate result for EC curation."""
         score = 0
         for rule, result in results.items():
-            # TODO put in config?
-            if rule == "award_in_title" and result:
-                score += 5
-            if rule == "award_in_description" and result:
-                score += 10
-            if rule == "test_word_record" and result:
-                return False
+            rule_score = current_curation.scores.get(rule)
+            if isinstance(rule_score, int):
+                score += rule_score if result else 0
+            elif isinstance(rule_score, bool):
+                if result:
+                    return rule_score
+                else:
+                    continue
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("Unsupported score type configured.")
         return score >= current_app.config.get("CURATION_EU_CURATION_THRESHOLD")
 
     @property
diff --git a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/ext.py b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/ext.py
index 460b9e5c..3a9dfc68 100644
--- a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/ext.py
+++ b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/ext.py
@@ -34,3 +34,11 @@ def init_app(self, app):
         """Flask application initialization."""
         self.init_config(app)
         app.extensions["zenodo-curation"] = self
+
+    @cached_property
+    def scores(self):
+        """Return curation scores used for rules."""
+        return {
+            **config.CURATION_SCORES,
+            **current_app.config.get("CURATION_SCORES", {}),
+        }
diff --git a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/proxies.py b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/proxies.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74caccd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/proxies.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2023 CERN.
+#
+# ZenodoRDM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
+
+"""Proxy objects for easier access to application objects."""
+
+from flask import current_app
+from werkzeug.local import LocalProxy
+
+current_curation = LocalProxy(lambda: current_app.extensions["zenodo-curation"])
diff --git a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/rules.py b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/rules.py
index 6af0580c..eba7b628 100644
--- a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/rules.py
+++ b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/rules.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 def award_acronym_in_description(record):
     """Check if EU award name in record description."""
-
     award_service = current_service_registry.get("awards")
     description = record.metadata["description"]
     funding = record.metadata["funding"]
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ def award_acronym_in_description(record):
 
 def award_acronym_in_title(record):
     """Check if EU award name in record title."""
-
     award_service = current_service_registry.get("awards")
     title = record.metadata["title"]
     funding = record.metadata["funding"]
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ def award_acronym_in_title(record):
 
 def test_phrases_in_record(record):
     """Check if test words in record."""
-
     test_phrases = current_app.config.get("CURATION_TEST_PHRASES")
     record_data = record.metadata["title"] + " " + record.metadata["description"]
 
diff --git a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/tasks.py b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/tasks.py
index 50b46512..ee7a3970 100644
--- a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/tasks.py
+++ b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/tasks.py
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2024 CERN.
+#
+# ZenodoRDM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
+"""Tasks for curation."""
+
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 from celery import shared_task
@@ -5,6 +13,7 @@
 from invenio_access.permissions import system_identity
 from invenio_rdm_records.proxies import current_rdm_records_service as records_service
 from invenio_search.engine import dsl
+
 from zenodo_rdm.curation.curators import EURecordCurator
 
 
@@ -52,13 +61,12 @@ def run_eu_record_curation(since):
         try:
             result = curator.run(record=record)
             ctx["processed"] += 1
-        except Exception:
+            if result["evaluation"]:
+                ctx["approved"] += 1
+        except Exception as e:
             # NOTE Since curator's raise_exc is by default false, rules would not fail.
             # This catches failure due to other reasons
             ctx["failed"] += 1
-        if result["evaluation"]:
-            ctx["approved"] += 1
-
     current_app.logger.error(
         f"EU curation processed",
         extra=ctx,