diff --git a/packages/batcher/runtime/src/index.ts b/packages/batcher/runtime/src/index.ts
index 8d8f63d5d..fea9e8d5c 100644
--- a/packages/batcher/runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/batcher/runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -189,4 +189,10 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
   await runtime.run(gameInputValidator, batchedTransactionPoster, provider);
 }
 
-void main();
+main().catch(e => {
+  // we catch the error here instead of relying on `uncaughtException` monitoring
+  // because if an exception causes us to reach this line, it means the error was thrown during initalization
+  // which is typically something we cannot recover from
+  console.error(e);
+  process.exit(1);
+});