diff --git a/src/renderer/components/platform-bible-toolbar.tsx b/src/renderer/components/platform-bible-toolbar.tsx
index 9d2d39b581..ba74e9e84c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/platform-bible-toolbar.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/platform-bible-toolbar.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import useSetting from '@renderer/hooks/papi-hooks/use-setting.hook';
+import logger from '@shared/services/logger.service';
 import { Toolbar, RefSelector, ScriptureReference, Button } from 'platform-bible-react';
+import { Localized, MultiColumnMenu } from 'platform-bible-utils';
 import { handleMenuCommand } from './platform-bible-menu.commands';
 import provideMenuData from './platform-bible-menu.data';
 
@@ -9,6 +11,22 @@ const defaultScrRef: ScriptureReference = {
   verseNum: 1,
 };
 
+/**
+ * Providing empty menu data if the software fails to load fully so we can shift click the menu and
+ * click Reload Extensions if it fails the first time
+ *
+ * @param isSupportAndDevelopment
+ * @returns
+ */
+async function getMenuData(isSupportAndDevelopment: boolean): Promise<Localized<MultiColumnMenu>> {
+  try {
+    return await provideMenuData(isSupportAndDevelopment);
+  } catch (e) {
+    logger.error(`Could not get platform-bible-toolbar menu data! ${e}`);
+    return { columns: {}, groups: {}, items: [] };
+  }
+}
+
 export default function PlatformBibleToolbar() {
   const [scrRef, setScrRef, resetScrRef] = useSetting('platform.verseRef', defaultScrRef);
 
@@ -17,7 +35,7 @@ export default function PlatformBibleToolbar() {
   };
 
   return (
-    <Toolbar className="toolbar" menuProvider={provideMenuData} commandHandler={handleMenuCommand}>
+    <Toolbar className="toolbar" menuProvider={getMenuData} commandHandler={handleMenuCommand}>
       <RefSelector handleSubmit={handleReferenceChanged} scrRef={scrRef} />
       <Button
         onClick={() => {