diff --git a/helpers/preRequest.js b/helpers/preRequest.js
index dc5ba9a96..6375fece0 100644
--- a/helpers/preRequest.js
+++ b/helpers/preRequest.js
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 export default function getEnvironmentVariablesFromScript(script) {
   let _variables = {}
 
-  // the pw object is the proxy by which pre-request scripts can pass variables to the request.
-  // for security and control purposes, this is the only way a pre-request script should modify variables.
-  let pw = {
-    environment: {
-      set: (key, value) => (_variables[key] = value),
-    },
-    env: {
-      set: (key, value) => (_variables[key] = value),
-    },
-    // globals that the script is allowed to have access to.
-  }
+  try {
+    // the pw object is the proxy by which pre-request scripts can pass variables to the request.
+    // for security and control purposes, this is the only way a pre-request script should modify variables.
+    let pw = {
+      environment: {
+        set: (key, value) => (_variables[key] = value),
+      },
+      env: {
+        set: (key, value) => (_variables[key] = value),
+      },
+      // globals that the script is allowed to have access to.
+    }
 
-  // run pre-request script within this function so that it has access to the pw object.
-  new Function("pw", script)(pw)
+    // run pre-request script within this function so that it has access to the pw object.
+    new Function("pw", script)(pw)
+  } catch (_e) {}
 
   return _variables
 }