diff --git a/Sources/SWBBuildService/BuildService.swift b/Sources/SWBBuildService/BuildService.swift
index e1219955..1353d736 100644
--- a/Sources/SWBBuildService/BuildService.swift
+++ b/Sources/SWBBuildService/BuildService.swift
@@ -90,20 +90,24 @@ open class BuildService: Service, @unchecked Sendable {
         let fs = SWBUtil.localFS
         var binariesToCheck = [Path]()
         // Check our own bundle's executable.
-        if let executablePath = try Bundle.main.executableURL?.filePath {
-            if fs.exists(executablePath) {
-                binariesToCheck.append(executablePath)
+        do {
+            if let executablePath = try Bundle.main.executableURL?.filePath {
+                if fs.exists(executablePath) {
+                    binariesToCheck.append(executablePath)
+                }
             }
+        } catch {
+            throw StubError.error("Couldn't get main bundle executable URL. Error: \(error), bundle: \(Bundle.main), url: \(String(describing: Bundle.main.executableURL)), path: \(String(describing: try? Bundle.main.executableURL?.filePath))")
         }
         // Check all the binaries of frameworks in the Frameworks folder.
         // Note that this does not recurse into the frameworks for other items nested inside them.  We also presently don't check the PlugIns folder.
-        if let frameworksPath = try Bundle.main.privateFrameworksURL?.filePath {
+        if let frameworksPath = try? Bundle.main.privateFrameworksURL?.filePath {
             do {
                 for subpath in try fs.listdir(frameworksPath) {
                     let frameworkPath = frameworksPath.join(subpath)
                     // Load a bundle at this path.  This means we'll skip things which aren't bundles, such as the Swift standard libraries.
                     if let bundle = Bundle(path: frameworkPath.str) {
-                        if let unresolvedExecutablePath = try bundle.executableURL?.filePath {
+                        if let unresolvedExecutablePath = try? bundle.executableURL?.filePath {
                             let executablePath = try fs.realpath(unresolvedExecutablePath)
                             if fs.exists(executablePath) {
                                 binariesToCheck.append(executablePath)
diff --git a/Sources/SWBUtil/URL.swift b/Sources/SWBUtil/URL.swift
index 264a792d..595afba2 100644
--- a/Sources/SWBUtil/URL.swift
+++ b/Sources/SWBUtil/URL.swift
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ extension URL {
                     throw FileURLError.notRepresentable(self)
                 }
                 let fp = Path(String(cString: cString))
-                precondition(fp.isAbsolute, "path '\(fp.str)' is not absolute")
+                guard fp.isAbsolute else {
+                    throw FileURLError.pathNotAbsolute(fp)
+                }
                 return fp
             }
         }
@@ -37,4 +39,5 @@ extension URL {
 
 fileprivate enum FileURLError: Error {
     case notRepresentable(URL)
+    case pathNotAbsolute(Path)
 }