diff --git a/packages/dui3/lib/accounts/composables/setup.ts b/packages/dui3/lib/accounts/composables/setup.ts
index 31339278f..c301f67c5 100644
--- a/packages/dui3/lib/accounts/composables/setup.ts
+++ b/packages/dui3/lib/accounts/composables/setup.ts
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ export async function useAccountsSetup(): Promise<DUIAccountsState> {
     accounts.value = newAccs
   }
 
-  // Call this one first to initialize the account state
-  // QUESTION: could be flopped in a iife so as not to block and drop the asyncness of this setup function?
   await refreshAccounts()
 
   const defaultAccount = computed(() =>
diff --git a/packages/dui3/lib/bridge/generic.ts b/packages/dui3/lib/bridge/generic.ts
index a3afa7b1a..a09199c90 100644
--- a/packages/dui3/lib/bridge/generic.ts
+++ b/packages/dui3/lib/bridge/generic.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,15 @@ export class GenericBridge extends BaseBridge {
     this.bridge = object
   }
 
-  public async create() {
+  public async create(): Promise<boolean> {
     // NOTE: GetMethods is a call to the .NET side.
-    const availableMethodNames = await this.bridge.GetBindingsMethodNames()
+    let availableMethodNames = [] as string[]
+
+    try {
+      availableMethodNames = await this.bridge.GetBindingsMethodNames()
+    } catch {
+      return false
+    }
 
     // NOTE: hoisting original calls as lowerCasedMethodNames, but using the UpperCasedName for the .NET call
     // This allows us to follow js convetions and keep .NET ones too (eg. bindings.sayHi('') => public string SayHi(string name) {}
@@ -23,6 +29,8 @@ export class GenericBridge extends BaseBridge {
       hoistTarget[lowercasedMethodName] = (...args: unknown[]) =>
         this.runMethod(methodName, args)
     }
+
+    return true
   }
 
   private async runMethod(methodName: string, args: unknown[]): Promise<unknown> {
diff --git a/packages/dui3/lib/bridge/sketchup.ts b/packages/dui3/lib/bridge/sketchup.ts
index 46566b2c5..f32aa7342 100644
--- a/packages/dui3/lib/bridge/sketchup.ts
+++ b/packages/dui3/lib/bridge/sketchup.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ export class SketchupBridge extends BaseBridge {
 
     // NOTE: we need to hoist the bindings in global scope BEFORE we call sketchup exec get comands below.
     ;(globalThis as Record<string, unknown>).bindings = this
+  }
 
+  public async create(): Promise<boolean> {
     // Initialization continues in the receiveCommandsAndInitializeBridge function,
     // where we expect sketchup to return to us the command names for related bindings/views.
     // NOTE: as we want to have multiple sketchup bindings in the future, we will
@@ -55,6 +57,13 @@ export class SketchupBridge extends BaseBridge {
     // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
     // sketchup.exec({ name: 'getCommands', view_id: this.bindingsName })
     sketchup.getCommands(this.bindingsName)
+
+    try {
+      await this.isInitalized
+      return true
+    } catch {
+      return false
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -79,7 +88,6 @@ export class SketchupBridge extends BaseBridge {
    * @param message
    */
   private rejectBindings(message: string) {
-    this.resolveIsInitializedPromise(false)
     this.rejectIsInitializedPromise(message)
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/dui3/plugins/00.bindings.ts b/packages/dui3/plugins/00.bindings.ts
index 59fb3f1ee..0a53352a4 100644
--- a/packages/dui3/plugins/00.bindings.ts
+++ b/packages/dui3/plugins/00.bindings.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ declare let globalThis: Record<string, unknown> & {
 export default defineNuxtPlugin(async () => {
   const baseBinding = await tryHoistBinding<IBaseBinding>('baseBinding')
 
+  const nonExistantBindings = await tryHoistBinding<IBaseBinding>('nonExistantBindings')
+
   const rhinoRandomBinding = await tryHoistBinding<IRhinoRandomBinding>(
     'rhinoRandomBinding'
   )
@@ -45,24 +47,24 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin(async () => {
  */
 const tryHoistBinding = async <T>(name: string) => {
   let bridge: GenericBridge | SketchupBridge | null = null
+  let tempBridge: GenericBridge | SketchupBridge | null = null
 
   if (globalThis.CefSharp) {
     await globalThis.CefSharp.BindObjectAsync(name)
-    bridge = new GenericBridge(globalThis[name] as unknown as IRawBridge)
-    await bridge.create()
+    tempBridge = new GenericBridge(globalThis[name] as unknown as IRawBridge)
   }
 
-  if (globalThis.chrome && globalThis.chrome.webview && !bridge) {
-    bridge = new GenericBridge(globalThis.chrome.webview.hostObjects[name])
-    await bridge.create()
+  if (globalThis.chrome && globalThis.chrome.webview && !tempBridge) {
+    tempBridge = new GenericBridge(globalThis.chrome.webview.hostObjects[name])
   }
 
-  if (globalThis.sketchup && !bridge) {
-    bridge = new SketchupBridge(name)
-    const res = await bridge.isInitalized
-    if (!res) bridge = null
+  if (globalThis.sketchup && !tempBridge) {
+    tempBridge = new SketchupBridge(name)
   }
 
+  const res = await tempBridge?.create()
+  if (res) bridge = tempBridge
+
   if (!bridge) console.warn(`Failed to bind ${name} binding.`)
 
   globalThis[name] = bridge