diff --git a/src/frontend/src/controllers/API/index.ts b/src/frontend/src/controllers/API/index.ts
index 8a4bff599..70887b856 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/controllers/API/index.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/controllers/API/index.ts
@@ -325,7 +325,15 @@ export async function getVersion() {
  * @returns {Promise<AxiosResponse<any>>} A promise that resolves to an AxiosResponse containing the health status.
  */
 export async function getHealth() {
-  return await api.get("/health"); // Health is the only endpoint that doesn't require /api/v1
+  return await api.get("/health").catch(e=>{    
+    if(e.code==="ECONNABORTED"){
+      console.log("request cancelled");
+    }
+    else{
+      // raise error to be caught by the caller
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }); // Health is the only endpoint that doesn't require /api/v1
 }
 
 /**