diff --git a/src/WireMockInspector/ReactiveEx.cs b/src/WireMockInspector/ReactiveEx.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8830780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WireMockInspector/ReactiveEx.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+using System;
+using System.Reactive.Linq;
+
+namespace WireMockInspector;
+
+public static class ReactiveEx
+{
+    public static IObservable<T> DiscardExceptions<T>(this IObservable<T> observable) 
+        => observable.Catch(Observable.Empty<T>());
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WireMockInspector/Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs b/src/WireMockInspector/Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs
index 9e3b369..7fc1516 100644
--- a/src/WireMockInspector/Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/WireMockInspector/Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs
@@ -52,10 +52,13 @@ public MainWindow()
                     
                     if (Settings.AutoLoad)
                     {
-                      ViewModel.LoadRequestsCommand.Execute().ObserveOn(RxApp.MainThreadScheduler).Subscribe(_ =>
-                      {
-                          ViewModel.RequestSearchTerm = Settings.RequestFilters;
-                      }).DisposeWith(disposables);
+                        ViewModel.LoadRequestsCommand.Execute()
+                            .ObserveOn(RxApp.MainThreadScheduler)
+                            .DiscardExceptions()
+                            .Subscribe(_ =>
+                            {
+                                ViewModel.RequestSearchTerm = Settings.RequestFilters;
+                            }).DisposeWith(disposables);
                     }
             
                     if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Settings.InstanceName) == false)