diff --git a/packages/host/src/Host.ts b/packages/host/src/Host.ts
index 7e778c32..b096a889 100644
--- a/packages/host/src/Host.ts
+++ b/packages/host/src/Host.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ async function discoverInstances(instancesDir: string) {
 	return instances;
 }
 
+// Requests that wake up the instance is responsible for updating the instance state in case of errors.
 const instanceStartingMessages = new Set([
 	lib.InstanceStartRequest.name,
 	lib.InstanceLoadScenarioRequest.name,
diff --git a/packages/host/src/Instance.ts b/packages/host/src/Instance.ts
index 952470be..782b26a2 100644
--- a/packages/host/src/Instance.ts
+++ b/packages/host/src/Instance.ts
@@ -637,9 +637,10 @@ end`.replace(/\r?\n/g, " ");
 	}
 
 	async init(pluginInfos: lib.PluginNodeEnvInfo[]) {
+		// After changing the status this function is responsible for calling notifyExit if it throws.
 		this.notifyStatus("starting");
-		const factorioVersions = await this.sendTo("controller", new lib.FactorioVersionsRequest());
 		try {
+			const factorioVersions = await this.sendTo("controller", new lib.FactorioVersionsRequest());
 			await this._loadStats();
 			await this.server.checkForUpdates(factorioVersions);
 			await this.server.init();