diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4a80bbc..b935517 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 select = ["ALL"]
-ignore = ["D", "E501", "S104", "PLR2004", "ANN401", "BLE001", "COM812", "S603", "PLR0911", "S101", "PT"]
+ignore = ["D", "E501", "S104", "PLR2004", "ANN401", "BLE001", "COM812", "S603", "PLR0911", "S101", "PT", "E722"]
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 source = ["stapler"]
diff --git a/stapler/handlers.py b/stapler/handlers.py
index c91c22b..b9ece97 100644
--- a/stapler/handlers.py
+++ b/stapler/handlers.py
@@ -275,7 +275,10 @@ class RequestHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, BaseHandler):
         self.__target_redirect: str | None = None
         self.__target_proxy: str | None = None
         self.__target_spa: str | None = None
-        super().__init__(*args, directory=params.data_dir, **kwargs, params=params)  # ty:ignore[unknown-argument]
+        try:
+            super().__init__(*args, directory=params.data_dir, **kwargs, params=params)  # ty:ignore[unknown-argument]
+        except:
+            self.logger.exception("Could not handle request")
 
     @property
     def token(self) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/test_handlers.py b/tests/test_handlers.py
index 63691b2..2c6611f 100644
--- a/tests/test_handlers.py
+++ b/tests/test_handlers.py
@@ -162,6 +162,21 @@ class TestRequestHandler(BaseHandlerTestCase):
             handler.data_dir = self.data_dir
             return handler
 
+    def test_handle_errors_silently(self) -> None:
+        with self.patch("http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.__init__") as mock:
+            mock.side_effect = Exception
+            logging.basicConfig(level=logging.CRITICAL)
+            RequestHandler(
+                unittest.mock.MagicMock(),
+                "127.0.0.1",
+                unittest.mock.MagicMock(),
+                params=Parameters(
+                    data_dir=self.get_tmp_dir(), certbot_www=str(self.certbot_www)
+                ),
+                registry=self.registry,
+                token_manager=self.token_manager,
+            )
+
     def test_do_head_forward(self) -> None:
         handler = self._get_handler()
         with (