diff --git a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/debug/ClientConfigurationAdapter.scala b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/debug/ClientConfigurationAdapter.scala
index caa77b4b87e..0de9eee3330 100644
--- a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/debug/ClientConfigurationAdapter.scala
+++ b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/debug/ClientConfigurationAdapter.scala
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.eclipse.lsp4j.debug.InitializeRequestArgumentsPathFormat
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.debug.SourceBreakpoint
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject
 import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive
+import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
 /**
  * The [[ClientConfigurationAdapter]] uses the client configuration coming from the initialize request
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ private[debug] final case class ClientConfigurationAdapter(
           }
         }
       } catch {
-        case _: IllegalStateException => ()
+        case NonFatal(t) =>
+          scribe.error("unexpected error when adapting stack trace response", t)
       }
     }
     result