diff --git a/server/src/rooms.ts b/server/src/rooms.ts
index 7d4da53..3a6eca5 100644
--- a/server/src/rooms.ts
+++ b/server/src/rooms.ts
@@ -365,8 +365,13 @@ export class Rooms<State, Input> {
 		setImmediate(() => {
 			// A room forgotten and loaded again drives itself; this one is no longer the table.
 			if (this.rooms.get(room.id) !== room) return;
-			this.driveBots(room);
-			this.botsSpeak(room, 'phase');
+			try {
+				this.driveBots(room);
+				this.botsSpeak(room, 'phase');
+			} catch (e) {
+				// Nothing is waiting on this callback: an error here would take the process down, so it is logged and the table left as it stands.
+				console.error(`${room.id}: the bots could not move: ${e instanceof Error ? e.stack ?? e.message : String(e)}`);
+			}
 		});
 	}