diff --git a/resources/win32/bin/code.sh b/resources/win32/bin/code.sh
index bf9f121dfe1..cb32d2baf58 100644
--- a/resources/win32/bin/code.sh
+++ b/resources/win32/bin/code.sh
@@ -7,19 +7,18 @@ APP_NAME="@@APPNAME@@"
 QUALITY="@@QUALITY@@"
 NAME="@@NAME@@"
 
-set -e
-
 if grep -qi Microsoft /proc/version; then
 	# in a wsl shell
 	WIN_CODE_CMD=$(wslpath -w "$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")/$APP_NAME.cmd")
-
-	WSL_EXT_ID="ms-vscode.remote-wsl"
-	WSL_EXT_WLOC=$(cmd.exe /c "$WIN_CODE_CMD" --locate-extension $WSL_EXT_ID)
-	if ! [ -z "$WSL_EXT_WLOC" ]; then
-		# replace \r\n with \n in WSL_EXT_WLOC, get linux path for
-		WSL_CODE=$(wslpath -u "${WSL_EXT_WLOC%%[[:cntrl:]]}")/scripts/wslCode.sh
-		$WSL_CODE $COMMIT $QUALITY "$WIN_CODE_CMD" "$APP_NAME" "$@"
-		exit $?
+	if ! [ -z "$WIN_CODE_CMD" ]; then
+		WSL_EXT_ID="ms-vscode.remote-wsl"
+		WSL_EXT_WLOC=$(cmd.exe /c "$WIN_CODE_CMD" --locate-extension $WSL_EXT_ID)
+		if ! [ -z "$WSL_EXT_WLOC" ]; then
+			# replace \r\n with \n in WSL_EXT_WLOC, get linux path for
+			WSL_CODE=$(wslpath -u "${WSL_EXT_WLOC%%[[:cntrl:]]}")/scripts/wslCode.sh
+			$WSL_CODE $COMMIT $QUALITY "$WIN_CODE_CMD" "$APP_NAME" "$@"
+			exit $?
+		fi
 	fi
 fi