diff --git a/backend/lib/updater/Updater.js b/backend/lib/updater/Updater.js
index d53fe6c..038d541 100644
--- a/backend/lib/updater/Updater.js
+++ b/backend/lib/updater/Updater.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const fs = require("fs");
 const GithubNoCloudNightlyUpdateProvider = require("./lib/update_provider/GithubNoCloudNightlyUpdateProvider");
 const GithubNoCloudUpdateProvider = require("./lib/update_provider/GithubNoCloudUpdateProvider");
 const Logger = require("../Logger");
+const NullUpdateProvider = require("./lib/update_provider/NullUpdateProvider");
 const States = require("../entities/core/updater");
 const Steps = require("./lib/steps");
 
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ class Updater {
                 this.updateProvider = new GithubNoCloudNightlyUpdateProvider();
                 break;
             default:
-                throw new Error(`Invalid UpdateProvider ${updaterConfig.updateProvider.type}`);
+                Logger.error(`Invalid UpdateProvider ${updaterConfig.updateProvider.type}`);
+                this.updateProvider = new NullUpdateProvider();
         }
 
         if (updaterConfig.enabled === true) {
diff --git a/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/NullUpdateProvider.js b/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/NullUpdateProvider.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..020a5b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/NullUpdateProvider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const NoCloudUpdateProvider = require("./NoCloudUpdateProvider");
+
+class NullUpdateProvider extends NoCloudUpdateProvider {
+    /**
+		* @return {Promise<Array<import("./NoCloudRelease")>>}
+     */
+    async fetchReleases() {
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {import("./NoCloudRelease")} release
+     * @return {Promise<Array<import("./NoCloudReleaseBinary")>>}
+     */
+    async fetchBinariesForRelease(release) {
+        return [];
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = NullUpdateProvider;