diff --git a/editors/code/src/main.ts b/editors/code/src/main.ts
index ee67c750c1b..4f46345d6b6 100644
--- a/editors/code/src/main.ts
+++ b/editors/code/src/main.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 
     const config = new Config(context);
 
-    vscode.workspace.onDidChangeConfiguration(() => ensureProperExtensionVersion(config));
+    vscode.workspace.onDidChangeConfiguration(() => ensureProperExtensionVersion(config).catch(log.error));
 
     // Don't await the user response here, otherwise we will block the lsp server bootstrap
     void ensureProperExtensionVersion(config);