diff --git a/lib/tracer-config.js b/lib/tracer-config.js
index 3779ed9a19..565fd71bbc 100644
--- a/lib/tracer-config.js
+++ b/lib/tracer-config.js
@@ -37,15 +37,24 @@ async function endTracingForCluster(config) {
     // If there are no traced languages, we don't need to do anything.
     if (!config.languages.some(languages_1.isTracedLanguage))
         return;
-    const endTracingEnvVariables = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(config.dbLocation, "temp/tracingEnvironment/end-tracing.json"), "utf8"));
-    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(endTracingEnvVariables)) {
-        if (value !== null) {
-            process.env[key] = value;
-        }
-        else {
-            delete process.env[key];
+    const envVariablesFile = path.resolve(config.dbLocation, "temp/tracingEnvironment/end-tracing.json");
+    if (!fs.existsSync(envVariablesFile)) {
+        throw new Error(`Environment file for ending tracing not found: ${envVariablesFile}`);
+    }
+    try {
+        const endTracingEnvVariables = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(envVariablesFile, "utf8"));
+        for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(endTracingEnvVariables)) {
+            if (value !== null) {
+                process.env[key] = value;
+            }
+            else {
+                delete process.env[key];
+            }
         }
     }
+    catch (e) {
+        throw new Error(`Failed to parse file containing end tracing environment variables: ${e}`);
+    }
 }
 exports.endTracingForCluster = endTracingForCluster;
 async function getTracerConfigForCluster(config) {
diff --git a/lib/tracer-config.js.map b/lib/tracer-config.js.map
index 87e8d45530..1046e2a389 100644
--- a/lib/tracer-config.js.map
+++ b/lib/tracer-config.js.map
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diff --git a/src/tracer-config.ts b/src/tracer-config.ts
index 8afe56f59f..3437ed0e67 100644
--- a/src/tracer-config.ts
+++ b/src/tracer-config.ts
@@ -26,21 +26,30 @@ export async function endTracingForCluster(
   // If there are no traced languages, we don't need to do anything.
   if (!config.languages.some(isTracedLanguage)) return;
 
-  const endTracingEnvVariables: Map<string, string | null> = JSON.parse(
-    fs.readFileSync(
-      path.resolve(
-        config.dbLocation,
-        "temp/tracingEnvironment/end-tracing.json"
-      ),
-      "utf8"
-    )
+  const envVariablesFile = path.resolve(
+    config.dbLocation,
+    "temp/tracingEnvironment/end-tracing.json"
   );
-  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(endTracingEnvVariables)) {
-    if (value !== null) {
-      process.env[key] = value;
-    } else {
-      delete process.env[key];
+  if (!fs.existsSync(envVariablesFile)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Environment file for ending tracing not found: ${envVariablesFile}`
+    );
+  }
+  try {
+    const endTracingEnvVariables: Map<string, string | null> = JSON.parse(
+      fs.readFileSync(envVariablesFile, "utf8")
+    );
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(endTracingEnvVariables)) {
+      if (value !== null) {
+        process.env[key] = value;
+      } else {
+        delete process.env[key];
+      }
     }
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Failed to parse file containing end tracing environment variables: ${e}`
+    );
   }
 }