diff --git a/src/daemon/launchd.ts b/src/daemon/launchd.ts
index a40b7a7e41e..56da87df332 100644
--- a/src/daemon/launchd.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/launchd.ts
@@ -460,5 +460,11 @@ export async function restartLaunchAgent({
   if (res.code !== 0) {
     throw new Error(`launchctl kickstart failed: ${res.stderr || res.stdout}`.trim());
   }
-  stdout.write(`${formatLine("Restarted LaunchAgent", `${domain}/${label}`)}\n`);
+  try {
+    stdout.write(`${formatLine("Restarted LaunchAgent", `${domain}/${label}`)}\n`);
+  } catch (err: unknown) {
+    if ((err as NodeJS.ErrnoException)?.code !== "EPIPE") {
+      throw err;
+    }
+  }
 }