diff --git a/app/src/plugins.ts b/app/src/plugins.ts
index 9af2ec5d3d5..72f246da6f9 100644
--- a/app/src/plugins.ts
+++ b/app/src/plugins.ts
@@ -98,17 +98,24 @@ const LEGACY_PLUGIN_PREFIX = 'terminus-'
 async function getCandidateLocationsInPluginDir (pluginDir: any): Promise<{ pluginDir: string, packageName: string }[]> {
     const candidateLocations: { pluginDir: string, packageName: string }[] = []
 
-    if (await fs.exists(pluginDir)) {
-        const pluginNames = await fs.readdir(pluginDir)
-        if (await fs.exists(path.join(pluginDir, 'package.json'))) {
-            candidateLocations.push({
-                pluginDir: path.dirname(pluginDir),
-                packageName: path.basename(pluginDir),
-            })
+    return fs.exists(pluginDir).then((result) => {
+        if (result) {
+            return fs.readdir(pluginDir)
+        } else {
+            return Promise.resolve([])
         }
-
+    }).then((pluginNames) => {
         const promises = []
 
+        promises.push(fs.exists(path.join(pluginDir, 'package.json')).then((result) => {
+            if (result) {
+                candidateLocations.push({
+                    pluginDir: path.dirname(pluginDir),
+                    packageName: path.basename(pluginDir),
+                })
+            }
+        }))
+
         for (const packageName of pluginNames) {
             if ((packageName.startsWith(PLUGIN_PREFIX) || packageName.startsWith(LEGACY_PLUGIN_PREFIX)) && !PLUGIN_BLACKLIST.includes(packageName)) {
                 const pluginPath = path.join(pluginDir, packageName)
@@ -121,10 +128,13 @@ async function getCandidateLocationsInPluginDir (pluginDir: any): Promise<{ plug
             }
         }
 
-        await Promise.all(promises)
-    }
+        return Promise.all(promises)
+    }).then(() => {
+        return candidateLocations
+    }).catch(() => { 
+        return candidateLocations
+    })
 
-    return candidateLocations
 }
 
 async function getPluginCandidateLocation (paths: any): Promise<{ pluginDir: string, packageName: string }[]> {