diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/feedReader.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/feedReader.js
index 0264843302..13c03d566d 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/feedReader.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/feedReader.js
@@ -186,7 +186,14 @@ Zotero.FeedReader.prototype.terminate = function(status) {
 	// Reject feed item promise if not resolved yet
 	let lastItem = this._feedItems[this._feedItems.length - 1];
 	if (lastItem.promise.isPending()) {
-		lastItem.reject(new Error(status));
+		// It seemed like a good idea to reject the last item but
+		// it's not really been useful yet, aside from bluebird
+		// throwing errors about unhandled rejections in tests
+		// so we suppress them here. TODO: We should probably
+		// rethink whether this code makes sense and make it better.
+		let er = new Error(status);
+		er.handledRejection = true;
+		lastItem.reject(er);
 	}
 	
 	// Close feed connection