diff --git a/lua/dep/fs.lua b/lua/dep/fs.lua
index 0c32a6c..fb307e0 100644
--- a/lua/dep/fs.lua
+++ b/lua/dep/fs.lua
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ function fs:clean(package)
           if name then
             queue[name] = package.get_base_dir().."/"..name
           else
-            break
+            -- if there's a single error bail out
+            logger:log("error", "failed to run clean uv.fs_scandir_next failed")
+            return
           end
         end