diff --git a/src/home/fetch-github/fetch-and-display-previews.ts b/src/home/fetch-github/fetch-and-display-previews.ts
index 4dfc9b6c..4b33bd8a 100644
--- a/src/home/fetch-github/fetch-and-display-previews.ts
+++ b/src/home/fetch-github/fetch-and-display-previews.ts
@@ -31,24 +31,27 @@ export async function fetchAndDisplayPreviewsFromCache(sorting?: Sorting, option
     return fetchAndDisplayPreviewsFromNetwork(sorting, options);
   }
 
-  // makes sure tasks have a timestamp to know how old the cache is, or refresh if older than 15 minutes
-  if (!_cachedTasks || !_cachedTasks.timestamp || _cachedTasks.timestamp + 60 * 1000 * 15 <= Date.now()) {
-    _cachedTasks = {
-      timestamp: Date.now(),
-      tasks: [],
-      loggedIn: _accessToken !== null,
-    };
-  }
-
-  const cachedTasks = _cachedTasks.tasks as TaskMaybeFull[];
-  taskManager.syncTasks(cachedTasks);
+  try {
+    // makes sure tasks have a timestamp to know how old the cache is, or refresh if older than 15 minutes
+    if (!_cachedTasks || !_cachedTasks.timestamp || _cachedTasks.timestamp + 60 * 1000 * 15 <= Date.now()) {
+      _cachedTasks = {
+        timestamp: Date.now(),
+        tasks: [],
+        loggedIn: _accessToken !== null,
+      };
+    }
+    const cachedTasks = _cachedTasks.tasks as TaskMaybeFull[];
+    taskManager.syncTasks(cachedTasks);
 
-  if (!cachedTasks.length) {
-    // load from network if there are no cached issues
+    if (!cachedTasks.length) {
+      // load from network if there are no cached issues
+      return fetchAndDisplayPreviewsFromNetwork(sorting, options);
+    } else {
+      displayGitHubIssues(sorting, options);
+      return fetchAvatars();
+    }
+  } catch (cacheError) {
     return fetchAndDisplayPreviewsFromNetwork(sorting, options);
-  } else {
-    displayGitHubIssues(sorting, options);
-    return fetchAvatars();
   }
 }