diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
index f2a984679..42741ea4d 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ public class Base {
           activeEditor.getCurrentTab().getTextArea().setCaretPosition(previousCaretPosition);
         }
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        // noop
+        System.err.println(e);
       }
     }