diff --git a/libmamba/src/core/repo.cpp b/libmamba/src/core/repo.cpp
index 78e8a32bf6..ff234d9f44 100644
--- a/libmamba/src/core/repo.cpp
+++ b/libmamba/src/core/repo.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
+#include <exception>
 #include <tuple>
 
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
@@ -329,7 +330,14 @@ namespace mamba
 
         if (name() != "installed")
         {
-            write_solv(solv_file);
+            try
+            {
+                write_solv(solv_file);
+            }
+            catch (const std::exception& e)
+            {
+                LOG_INFO << "Could not write libsolv solv file for " << json_file << ": " << e.what();
+            }
         }
     }