diff --git a/light9/effect/sequencer/eval_faders.py b/light9/effect/sequencer/eval_faders.py
--- a/light9/effect/sequencer/eval_faders.py
+++ b/light9/effect/sequencer/eval_faders.py
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ class FaderEval:
                 faderEffectOutputs.append(ds)
             except Exception:
                 log.warning(f'on fader {f}')
-                raise
-
-        return DeviceSettings.merge(self.graph, faderEffectOutputs)
+                traceback.print_exc()
+                continue
+        
         merged = DeviceSettings.merge(self.graph, faderEffectOutputs)
         # please remove (after fixing stats display to show it)
         log.debug("computed %s faders in %.1fms", len(self.faders), (time.time()-now)*1000)