diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/profile/ls.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/profile/ls.ts
index ce349e29..7c878bf3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/profile/ls.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/profile/ls.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ export default class ListProfile extends ProfileCommand<typeof ListProfile> {
     json: Flags.boolean({}),
   }
 
+  protected throwOnProfileNotFound = false
+
   async run(): Promise<unknown> {
     const { profiles, current } = await this.profileConfig.list()
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/profile/rm.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/profile/rm.ts
index 4bf42cfc..cd5dc01f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/profile/rm.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/profile/rm.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ export default class RemoveProfile extends ProfileCommand<typeof RemoveProfile>
 
   static enableJsonFlag = true
 
+  protected throwOnProfileNotFound = false
+
   async run(): Promise<unknown> {
     const alias = this.args.name
     if (await this.profileConfig.delete(alias, { throwOnNotFound: !this.flags.force })) {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/profile-command.ts b/packages/cli/src/profile-command.ts
index cca3bb0f..aecffec5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/profile-command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/profile-command.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import path from 'path'
 import { Command, Flags, Interfaces } from '@oclif/core'
 import {
   tryParseUrl, LocalProfilesConfig, Profile, Store, detectCiProvider, fsTypeFromUrl,
-  localProfilesConfig, telemetryEmitter, LocalProfilesConfigGetResult,
+  localProfilesConfig, telemetryEmitter, LocalProfilesConfigGetResult, ProfileLoadError,
 } from '@preevy/core'
 import { BaseCommand, text } from '@preevy/cli-common'
 import { fsFromUrl } from './fs.js'
@@ -86,10 +86,18 @@ abstract class ProfileCommand<T extends typeof Command> extends BaseCommand<T> {
   protected flags!: Flags<T>
   protected args!: Args<T>
 
+  protected throwOnProfileNotFound = true
+
   public async init(): Promise<void> {
     await super.init()
     const { profileConfig, flags } = this
-    const profile = await findProfile({ profileConfig, flags })
+    const profile = await findProfile({ profileConfig, flags }).catch(e => {
+      if (!(e instanceof ProfileLoadError) || this.throwOnProfileNotFound) {
+        throw e
+      }
+      this.logger.warn(`Profile load error: ${e.message}`)
+      return undefined
+    })
     if (!profile) {
       return
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
index 430d67e4..71cac76e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export {
   profileStore, Profile, ProfileStore, ProfileStoreRef, ProfileStoreTransaction, ProfileEditor,
   ProfileEditorOp,
   link, Org, LocalProfilesConfigGetResult,
+  ProfileLoadError,
 } from './profile/index.js'
 export { telemetryEmitter, registerEmitter, wireProcessExit, createTelemetryEmitter, machineId } from './telemetry/index.js'
 export { fsTypeFromUrl, Store, VirtualFS, FsReader, localFsFromUrl, localFs } from './store/index.js'