diff --git a/lib/include/duckdb/web/io/web_filesystem.h b/lib/include/duckdb/web/io/web_filesystem.h
index 96638f992..55ee50076 100644
--- a/lib/include/duckdb/web/io/web_filesystem.h
+++ b/lib/include/duckdb/web/io/web_filesystem.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class WebFileSystem : public duckdb::FileSystem {
         /// Delete copy constructor
         WebFileHandle(const WebFileHandle &) = delete;
         /// Destructor
-        virtual ~WebFileHandle() { Close(); }
+        virtual ~WebFileHandle() { try { Close(); } catch (...) {} }
         /// Get the file name
         auto &GetName() const { return file_->file_name_; }
         /// Resolve readahead
diff --git a/packages/duckdb-wasm/src/bindings/runtime_browser.ts b/packages/duckdb-wasm/src/bindings/runtime_browser.ts
index 8e46955fe..8099acde7 100644
--- a/packages/duckdb-wasm/src/bindings/runtime_browser.ts
+++ b/packages/duckdb-wasm/src/bindings/runtime_browser.ts
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ export const BROWSER_RUNTIME: DuckDBRuntime & {
     closeFile: (mod: DuckDBModule, fileId: number) => {
         const file = BROWSER_RUNTIME.getFileInfo(mod, fileId);
         BROWSER_RUNTIME._fileInfoCache.delete(fileId);
+	try {
         switch (file?.dataProtocol) {
             case DuckDBDataProtocol.BUFFER:
             case DuckDBDataProtocol.HTTP:
@@ -492,6 +493,10 @@ export const BROWSER_RUNTIME: DuckDBRuntime & {
                 return handle.flush();
             }
         }
+        } catch (e: any) {
+            console.log(e);
+            failWith(mod, e.toString());
+        }
     },
     dropFile: (mod: DuckDBModule, fileNamePtr: number, fileNameLen: number) => {
         const fileName = readString(mod, fileNamePtr, fileNameLen);
diff --git a/packages/duckdb-wasm/test/opfs.test.ts b/packages/duckdb-wasm/test/opfs.test.ts
index 47b9e2497..eaf1a0fcc 100644
--- a/packages/duckdb-wasm/test/opfs.test.ts
+++ b/packages/duckdb-wasm/test/opfs.test.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ export function testOPFS(baseDir: string, bundle: () => duckdb.DuckDBBundle): vo
             await db.registerFileHandle('test.csv', testHandle, duckdb.DuckDBDataProtocol.BROWSER_FSACCESS, true);
             await conn.send(`CREATE TABLE zzz AS SELECT * FROM "${baseDir}/tpch/0_01/parquet/lineitem.parquet"`);
             await conn.send(`COPY (SELECT * FROM zzz) TO 'test.csv'`);
+            await conn.send(`COPY (SELECT * FROM zzz) TO 'non_existing.csv'`);
             await conn.close();
             await db.dropFile('test.csv');
             await db.reset();