diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/LaunchSettingsManager.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/LaunchSettingsManager.cs
index dd27329c6..0fbb7f777 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/LaunchSettingsManager.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/LaunchSettingsManager.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Run.LaunchSettings
             }
             catch (JsonException ex)
             {
-                return new LaunchSettingsApplyResult(false, string.Format(LocalizableStrings.UnexpectedExceptionProcessingLaunchSettings, ex.Message));
+                return new LaunchSettingsApplyResult(false, string.Format(LocalizableStrings.DeserializationExceptionMessage, ex.Message));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/ProjectLaunchSettingsProvider.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/ProjectLaunchSettingsProvider.cs
index 033f04381..780870494 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/ProjectLaunchSettingsProvider.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LaunchSettings/ProjectLaunchSettingsProvider.cs
@@ -13,30 +13,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Run.LaunchSettings
 
         public LaunchSettingsApplyResult TryApplySettings(JObject document, JObject model, ref ICommand command)
         {
-            try
+            var config = model.ToObject<ProjectLaunchSettingsModel>();
+
+            //For now, ignore everything but the environment variables section
+
+            foreach (var entry in config.EnvironmentVariables)
             {
-                var config = model.ToObject<ProjectLaunchSettingsModel>();
-
-                //For now, ignore everything but the environment variables section
-
-                foreach (var entry in config.EnvironmentVariables)
-                {
-                    string value = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(entry.Value);
-                    //NOTE: MSBuild variables are not expanded like they are in VS
-                    command.EnvironmentVariable(entry.Key, value);
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(config.ApplicationUrl))
-                {
-                    command.EnvironmentVariable("ASPNETCORE_URLS", config.ApplicationUrl);
-                }
-
-                return new LaunchSettingsApplyResult(true, null, config.LaunchUrl);
+                string value = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(entry.Value);
+                //NOTE: MSBuild variables are not expanded like they are in VS
+                command.EnvironmentVariable(entry.Key, value);
             }
-            catch (Exception ex)
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(config.ApplicationUrl))
             {
-                return new LaunchSettingsApplyResult(false, ex.Message);
+                command.EnvironmentVariable("ASPNETCORE_URLS", config.ApplicationUrl);
             }
+
+            return new LaunchSettingsApplyResult(true, null, config.LaunchUrl);
         }
 
         private class ProjectLaunchSettingsModel
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LocalizableStrings.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LocalizableStrings.cs
index 7d0374957..bf700eece 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LocalizableStrings.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run/LocalizableStrings.cs
@@ -50,5 +50,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Run
         public const string UnexpectedExceptionProcessingLaunchSettings = "An unexpected exception occurred while processing launch settings:\n{0}";
 
         public const string LaunchProfilesCollectionIsNotAJsonObject = "The 'profiles' property of the launch settings document is not a JSON object.";
+
+        public const string DeserializationExceptionMessage = "An error was encountered when reading launchSettings.json.\n{0}";
     }
 }