diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-discovery.ts b/src/extensions/extension-discovery.ts
index c03a5a2ee5..73bddd7481 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-discovery.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-discovery.ts
@@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ export class ExtensionDiscovery {
 
     logger.info(`${logModule} loading extensions from ${extensionInstaller.extensionPackagesRoot}`);
 
-    if (await fs.pathExists(path.join(extensionInstaller.extensionPackagesRoot, "package-lock.json"))) {
-      await fs.remove(path.join(extensionInstaller.extensionPackagesRoot, "package-lock.json"));
-    }
+    // fs.remove won't throw if path is missing
+    await fs.remove(path.join(extensionInstaller.extensionPackagesRoot, "package-lock.json"));
+
 
     try {
       // Verify write access to static/extensions, which is needed for symlinking
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index f3e0d7a17b..40877a3b07 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ app.on("ready", async () => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line unused-imports/no-unused-vars-ts
     proxyServer = LensProxy.create(proxyPort, clusterManager);
   } catch (error) {
-    logger.error(`Could not start proxy (127.0.0:${proxyPort}): ${error.message}`);
-    dialog.showErrorBox("Lens Error", `Could not start proxy (127.0.0:${proxyPort}): ${error.message || "unknown error"}`);
+    logger.error(`Could not start proxy (127.0.0:${proxyPort}): ${error?.message}`);
+    dialog.showErrorBox("Lens Error", `Could not start proxy (127.0.0:${proxyPort}): ${error?.message || "unknown error"}`);
     app.exit();
   }
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ app.on("ready", async () => {
 
     extensionLoader.initExtensions(extensions);
   } catch (error) {
-    dialog.showErrorBox("Lens Error", `Could not load extensions: ${error?.message || ""}`);
+    dialog.showErrorBox("Lens Error", `Could not load extensions${error?.message ? `: ${error.message}` : ""}`);
   }
 
   setTimeout(() => {