diff --git a/script/run b/script/run
index 566f5b1a..25f1925b 100755
--- a/script/run
+++ b/script/run
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ OS_TYPE="$(uname -s)"
 
 FEATURES="gui"
 
-./script/install_channel_config
+./script/install_channel_config || echo "Skipping internal channel config installation (no repo access)."
 
 # If warp_channel_config is on PATH, build the Local channel binary; otherwise build the OSS channel.
 if command -v warp-channel-config &>/dev/null; then