diff --git a/launcher/InstanceCopyTask.cpp b/launcher/InstanceCopyTask.cpp
index ff2d37723..0220a4144 100644
--- a/launcher/InstanceCopyTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/InstanceCopyTask.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,11 @@ void InstanceCopyTask::copyFinished()
                 allowed_symlinks_file
                     .filePath());  // we dont want to modify the original. also make sure the resulting file is not itself a link.
 
-        FS::write(allowed_symlinks_file.filePath(), allowed_symlinks);
+        try {
+            FS::write(allowed_symlinks_file.filePath(), allowed_symlinks);
+        } catch (const FS::FileSystemException& e) {
+            qCritical() << "Failed to write symlink :" << e.cause();
+        }
     }
 
     emitSucceeded();
diff --git a/launcher/ui/dialogs/ExportToModListDialog.cpp b/launcher/ui/dialogs/ExportToModListDialog.cpp
index 1e0ae87a3..908743ab0 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/dialogs/ExportToModListDialog.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/dialogs/ExportToModListDialog.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,12 @@ void ExportToModListDialog::done(int result)
 
         if (output.isEmpty())
             return;
-        FS::write(output, ui->finalText->toPlainText().toUtf8());
+
+        try {
+            FS::write(output, ui->finalText->toPlainText().toUtf8());
+        } catch (const FS::FileSystemException& e) {
+            qCritical() << "Failed to save mod list file :" << e.cause();
+        }
     }
 
     QDialog::done(result);