diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index bb396636..9be0c92d 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import * as path from 'path';
 
-import { workspace, ExtensionContext, extensions } from 'vscode';
+import { workspace, ExtensionContext, extensions, OutputChannel, window } from 'vscode';
 import { LanguageClient, LanguageClientOptions, ServerOptions, TransportKind, NotificationType } from 'vscode-languageclient';
 import { URI } from 'vscode-uri';
 import { CUSTOM_SCHEMA_REQUEST, CUSTOM_CONTENT_REQUEST, SchemaExtensionAPI } from './schema-extension-api';
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ namespace DynamicCustomSchemaRequestRegistration {
 	export const type: NotificationType<{}, {}> = new NotificationType('yaml/registerCustomSchemaRequest');
 }
 
+let client: LanguageClient;
+
 export function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
 	// The YAML language server is implemented in node
 	let serverModule = context.asAbsolutePath(path.join('node_modules', 'yaml-language-server', 'out', 'server', 'src', 'server.js'));
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ export function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
 	};
 
 	// Create the language client and start it
-	let client = new LanguageClient('yaml', 'YAML Support', serverOptions, clientOptions);
+	client = new LanguageClient('yaml', 'YAML Support', serverOptions, clientOptions);
 	let disposable = client.start();
 
 	const schemaExtensionAPI = new SchemaExtensionAPI(client);
@@ -131,3 +133,7 @@ function getSchemaAssociation(context: ExtensionContext): ISchemaAssociations {
 
 	return associations;
 }
+
+export function logToExtensionOutputChannel(message: string) {
+	client.outputChannel.appendLine(message);
+}
diff --git a/src/schema-extension-api.ts b/src/schema-extension-api.ts
index c61d17c7..a47be6d5 100644
--- a/src/schema-extension-api.ts
+++ b/src/schema-extension-api.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { URI } from 'vscode-uri'
 import { LanguageClient, RequestType } from 'vscode-languageclient';
 import { workspace } from 'vscode';
+import { logToExtensionOutputChannel } from './extension';
 
 interface SchemaContributorProvider {
 	readonly requestSchema: (resource: string) => string;
@@ -92,24 +93,28 @@ class SchemaExtensionAPI implements ExtensionAPI {
 	public requestCustomSchema(resource: string): string[] {
 		const matches = [];
 		for (let customKey of Object.keys(this._customSchemaContributors)) {
-			const contributor = this._customSchemaContributors[customKey];
-			let uri: string;
-			if (contributor.label && workspace.textDocuments) {
-				const labelRegexp = new RegExp(contributor.label, 'g');
-				for (const doc of workspace.textDocuments) {
-					if (doc.uri.toString() === resource) {
-						if (labelRegexp.test(doc.getText())) {
-							uri = contributor.requestSchema(resource);
-							return [uri];
+			try {
+				const contributor = this._customSchemaContributors[customKey];
+				let uri: string;
+				if (contributor.label && workspace.textDocuments) {
+					const labelRegexp = new RegExp(contributor.label, 'g');
+					for (const doc of workspace.textDocuments) {
+						if (doc.uri.toString() === resource) {
+							if (labelRegexp.test(doc.getText())) {
+								uri = contributor.requestSchema(resource);
+								return [uri];
+							}
 						}
 					}
 				}
-			}
 
-			uri = contributor.requestSchema(resource);
+				uri = contributor.requestSchema(resource);
 
-			if (uri) {
-				matches.push(uri);
+				if (uri) {
+					matches.push(uri);
+				}
+			} catch (error) {
+				logToExtensionOutputChannel(`Error thrown while requesting schema "${error}" when calling the registered contributor "${customKey}"`);
 			}
 		}
 		return matches;