diff --git a/src/project_manager.py b/src/project_manager.py
index d412060b..84885f5f 100644
--- a/src/project_manager.py
+++ b/src/project_manager.py
@@ -291,7 +291,10 @@ def load_track_state(track_id: str, base_dir: Union[str, Path] = ".") -> Optiona
  from src.models import TrackState
  state_file = paths.get_track_state_dir(track_id, project_path=str(base_dir)) / 'state.toml'
  if not state_file.exists(): return None
- with open(state_file, "rb") as f: data = tomllib.load(f)
+ try:
+  with open(state_file, "rb") as f: data = tomllib.load(f)
+ except (OSError, tomllib.TOMLDecodeError):
+  return None
  return TrackState.from_dict(data)
 
 def load_track_history(track_id: str, base_dir: Union[str, Path] = ".") -> list[str]: