2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/editors/code/src/config.ts b/editors/code/src/config.ts
index 54b905303..be5296fcf 100644
--- a/editors/code/src/config.ts
+++ b/editors/code/src/config.ts
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ export class Config {
         .packageJSON
         .version;
 
-    readonly releaseTag: string = vscode
+    readonly releaseTag: string | undefined = vscode
         .extensions
         .getExtension(this.extensionId)!
         .packageJSON
-        .releaseTag;
+        .releaseTag ?? undefined;
 
     private cfg!: vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration;
 
diff --git a/editors/code/src/main.ts b/editors/code/src/main.ts
index 5297614a9..5d2da9a76 100644
--- a/editors/code/src/main.ts
+++ b/editors/code/src/main.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ async function bootstrap(config: Config, state: PersistentState): Promise<string
 }
 
 async function bootstrapExtension(config: Config, state: PersistentState): Promise<void> {
+    if (config.releaseTag === undefined) return;
     if (config.channel === "stable") {
         if (config.releaseTag === NIGHTLY_TAG) {
             vscode.window.showWarningMessage(`You are running a nightly version of rust-analyzer extension.
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ async function getServer(config: Config, state: PersistentState): Promise<string
         }
         return explicitPath;
     };
+    if (config.releaseTag === undefined) return "rust-analyzer";
 
     let binaryName: string | undefined = undefined;
     if (process.arch === "x64" || process.arch === "x32") {