diff --git a/src/upload.d b/src/upload.d
index c3d74133..d93a499e 100644
--- a/src/upload.d
+++ b/src/upload.d
@@ -39,10 +39,19 @@ struct UploadSession
 				])
 			];
 		
-		session = onedrive.createUploadSession(parentDriveId, parentId, filename, eTag, fileSystemInfo);
-		session["localPath"] = localPath;
-		save();
-		return upload();
+		try {
+			// Try to create the upload session for this file
+			session = onedrive.createUploadSession(parentDriveId, parentId, filename, eTag, fileSystemInfo);
+			session["localPath"] = localPath;
+			save();
+			return upload();
+		} catch (OneDriveException e) {
+			// there was an error
+			log.vlog("Create file upload session failed ... skipping file upload");
+			// return upload() will return a JSONValue response, create an empty JSONValue response to return
+			JSONValue response;
+			return response;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Restore the previous upload session.