diff --git a/lib/plugins/sleeper.js b/lib/plugins/sleeper.js
index a01c3ec..5985f07 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sleeper.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/sleeper.js
@@ -33,17 +33,20 @@ function sleep(quiet = cfg.sleep.quiet) {
             cfg.plugins.mover && cfg.plugins.mover.moveNear(bed.position, 2)
             bot.once('goal_reached', (goal) => {
                 console.info(goal)
-                bot.sleep(bed, (err) => {
-                    if (err) {
-                        !quiet && bot.chat(`can't sleep: ${err.message}`)
-                    } else {
-                        !quiet && bot.chat("zzz")
-                        console.log("sleeping? ", bot.isSleeping)
-                        // hack until this is fixed
-                        // TODO confirm this is fixed
-                        // bot.isSleeping = true
-                    }
-                })
+                try {
+                    bot.sleep(bed, (err) => {
+                        if (err) {
+                            !quiet && bot.chat(`can't sleep: ${err.message}`)
+                        } else {
+                            !quiet && bot.chat("zzz")
+                            // apparently, `bot.isSleeping = true` takes a while
+                            // maybe it's async
+                            console.log("sleeping? ", bot.isSleeping)
+                        }
+                    })
+                } catch (error) {
+                    console.error(error)
+                }
             })
         })
     } else if (bed = bot.inventory.items().filter(bot.isABed)[0]) {