diff --git a/modules/lang/org/contrib/roam.el b/modules/lang/org/contrib/roam.el
index 6dbffcece..df7019559 100644
--- a/modules/lang/org/contrib/roam.el
+++ b/modules/lang/org/contrib/roam.el
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ;;; Packages
 
 (use-package! org-roam
-  :hook (org-load . org-roam-mode)
+  :hook (org-load . +org-init-roam-maybe-h)
   :hook (org-roam-backlinks-mode . turn-on-visual-line-mode)
   :commands (org-roam-buffer-toggle-display
              org-roam-dailies-find-date
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@
          :desc "Find yesterday"     "y" #'org-roam-dailies-find-yesterday
          :desc "Find directory"     "." #'org-roam-dailies-find-directory))
   :config
+  (defun +org-init-roam-maybe-h ()
+    "Activate `org-roam-mode'. If it fails, fail gracefully."
+    (unless (with-demoted-errors "ORG ROAM ERROR: %s"
+              (org-roam-mode +1)
+              t)
+      (message "To try reinitializing org-roam, run 'M-x org-roam-mode'")
+      (org-roam-mode -1)))
+
   (setq org-roam-directory
         (file-name-as-directory
          (file-truename