diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 3a1b98e..15fb4da 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ void (async () => {
     if (!confirmed) return
 
     // initiate LibreScore link request
-    librescoreLink = getLibreScoreLink(scoreinfo, true)
+    librescoreLink = getLibreScoreLink(scoreinfo)
+    librescoreLink.catch(() => '') // silence this unhandled Promise rejection
 
     // print a blank line to the terminal
     console.log()
@@ -134,7 +135,9 @@ void (async () => {
   } catch (err) {
     spinner.fail(err.message)
     spinner.info(
-        "Send your URL to the #dataset-bugs channel in the LibreScore Community Discord server:\n  https://discord.gg/kTyx6nUjMv");
+      'Send your URL to the #dataset-bugs channel in the LibreScore Community Discord server:\n  ' +
+      'https://discord.gg/kTyx6nUjMv',
+    )
     return
   }
   spinner.succeed('OK\n')
diff --git a/src/librescore-link.ts b/src/librescore-link.ts
index bdcc5cf..04d8044 100644
--- a/src/librescore-link.ts
+++ b/src/librescore-link.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const _getLink = (scorepack: string) => {
   return `https://librescore.org/score/${scorepack}`
 }
 
-export const getLibreScoreLink = async (scoreinfo: ScoreInfo, isMsdl: boolean, _fetch = getFetch()): Promise<string> => {
+export const getLibreScoreLink = async (scoreinfo: ScoreInfo, _fetch = getFetch()): Promise<string> => {
   const mainCid = await getMainCid(scoreinfo, _fetch)
   const ref = scoreinfo.getScorepackRef(mainCid)
   const url = `https://ipfs.infura.io:5001/api/v0/dag/get?arg=${ref}`
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export const getLibreScoreLink = async (scoreinfo: ScoreInfo, isMsdl: boolean, _
     assertRes(r0)
   }
   const res: { Message: string } | string = await r0.json()
-  if (typeof res !== 'string' && !isMsdl) {
+  if (typeof res !== 'string') {
     // read further error msg
     throw new Error(res.Message)
   }