diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/audio/player.ts b/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/audio/player.ts
index d75fab4487e..a916576c5b5 100644
--- a/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/audio/player.ts
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/audio/player.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class AudioPlayer {
       });
     }
 
-    audio.play();
+    audio.play()?.catch((error) => logger.log('playback error', error));
 
     this.onPlaySubscribers.forEach((subscriber) => subscriber());
   }