From 923ffbf25a2b43efc91f4020dba7c3fc18687893 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Wojtulewicz <tim@corelight.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:32:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Handle uncaught exception during setup

---
 src/main.cc | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 5c0da86cff..2ce6b235ee 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -52,7 +52,14 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 #endif
 
     auto time_start = zeek::util::current_time(true);
-    auto setup_result = zeek::detail::setup(argc, argv);
+    zeek::detail::SetupResult setup_result;
+
+    try {
+        setup_result = zeek::detail::setup(argc, argv);
+    } catch ( const zeek::InterpreterException& e ) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Exception caught during initial setup\n");
+        abort();
+    }
 
     if ( setup_result.code )
         return setup_result.code;