diff --git a/headless-services/commons/commons-boot-app-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/boot/app/cli/AbstractSpringBootApp.java b/headless-services/commons/commons-boot-app-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/boot/app/cli/AbstractSpringBootApp.java
index 048fad5df..72b7271ec 100644
--- a/headless-services/commons/commons-boot-app-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/boot/app/cli/AbstractSpringBootApp.java
+++ b/headless-services/commons/commons-boot-app-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/boot/app/cli/AbstractSpringBootApp.java
@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractSpringBootApp implements SpringBootApp {
 		(connector) -> {
 			logger.info("Disposing JMX connector: "+connector);
 			AsyncRunner.thenLog(logger, async.invoke(TIMEOUT, () -> {
-				connector.close();
+				try {
+					connector.close();
+				} catch (java.rmi.ConnectException e) {
+					//Ignore.
+				}
 				return "done";
 			}));
 		}