diff --git a/static/webui/translations/update-translations.ts b/static/webui/translations/update-translations.ts
index 3c8758b2..aad8beb6 100644
--- a/static/webui/translations/update-translations.ts
+++ b/static/webui/translations/update-translations.ts
@@ -96,13 +96,17 @@ async function processTranslations() {
         }
     }
 
-    const formattedEnData = await prettier.format(JSON.stringify(enData), {
-        parser: "json"
-    });
+    try {
+        const formattedEnData = await prettier.format(JSON.stringify(enData), {
+            parser: "json"
+        });
 
-    fs.writeFileSync(oldLangFile, formattedEnData, "utf-8");
-    logger.info("Updated old_en.json with the latest translations.");
-    process.exit(0);
+        fs.writeFileSync(oldLangFile, formattedEnData, "utf-8");
+        logger.info("Updated old_en.json with the latest translations.");
+        process.exit(0);
+    } catch (error) {
+        logger.error("Error during the formatting or writing of old_en.json:", error);
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
 }
-
-processTranslations();
+void processTranslations();