diff --git a/src/main/shell-sync.ts b/src/main/shell-sync.ts
index 05ded6e2f6..f48d072008 100644
--- a/src/main/shell-sync.ts
+++ b/src/main/shell-sync.ts
@@ -14,27 +14,30 @@ interface Env {
  */
 export async function shellSync() {
   const { shell } = os.userInfo();
-  
+
+  let envVars = {};
   try {
-    const env: Env = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(await shellEnv(shell)))
-    if (!env.LANG) {
-      // the LANG env var expects an underscore instead of electron's dash
-      env.LANG = `${app.getLocale().replace('-', '_')}.UTF-8`;
-    } else if (!env.LANG.endsWith(".UTF-8")) {
-      env.LANG += ".UTF-8"
-    }
-  
-    // Overwrite PATH on darwin
-    if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" && process.platform === "darwin") {
-      process.env["PATH"] = env.PATH
-    }
-  
-    // The spread operator allows joining of objects. The precedence is last to first.
-    process.env = {
-      ...env,
-      ...process.env,
-    };
+    envVars = await shellEnv(shell);
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error(`shellEnv: ${error}`)
   }
+
+  const env: Env = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(envVars));
+  if (!env.LANG) {
+    // the LANG env var expects an underscore instead of electron's dash
+    env.LANG = `${app.getLocale().replace('-', '_')}.UTF-8`;
+  } else if (!env.LANG.endsWith(".UTF-8")) {
+    env.LANG += ".UTF-8"
+  }
+  
+  // Overwrite PATH on darwin
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" && process.platform === "darwin") {
+    process.env["PATH"] = env.PATH
+  }
+  
+  // The spread operator allows joining of objects. The precedence is last to first.
+  process.env = {
+    ...env,
+    ...process.env,
+  };
 }