diff --git a/lib/core/seleniumRunner.js b/lib/core/seleniumRunner.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/core/seleniumRunner.js
+++ b/lib/core/seleniumRunner.js
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ class SeleniumRunner {
           url,
           cause: e
         })
+      }).
+      catch((err) => {
+        throw new BrowserError('Failed to load ' + url + ', cause: ' + encodeError(err).message, {
+          url,
+          cause: err
+        })
       });
   }
catch all errors when starting up the webdriver