Index: launch.scm
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--- launch.scm
+++ launch.scm
@@ -1305,12 +1305,12 @@
 	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* " - creating run area in " test-path)
 	  (handle-exceptions
 	   exn
 	   (begin
 	     (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " Failed to create directory " test-path ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)
-				", exiting, exn=" exn)
-	     (exit 1))
+				", continuing (might cause downstream issues?), exn=" exn)
+	     #f)
 	   (create-directory test-path #t))
 	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* 
 		       " - creating link from: " test-path "\n"
 		       "                   to: " lnktarget)