diff --git a/.changeset/fluffy-puffin-flock.md b/.changeset/fluffy-puffin-flock.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fca6c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fluffy-puffin-flock.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@nodesecure/scanner": patch
+---
+
+fix(extractor): improve error handling for event listener
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/workspaces/scanner/src/extractors/payload.ts b/workspaces/scanner/src/extractors/payload.ts
index bdce25f1..5178684e 100644
--- a/workspaces/scanner/src/extractors/payload.ts
+++ b/workspaces/scanner/src/extractors/payload.ts
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ export class Payload<T extends ProbeExtractor<any>[]> extends EventTarget {
 
     for (const [name, dependency] of Object.entries(this.dependencies)) {
       this.probes.packument.forEach((probe) => probe.next(name, dependency));
-      this.emit("packument", name, dependency);
+      this.#emit("packument", name, dependency);
 
       if (this.probes.manifest.length > 0) {
         for (const [spec, depVersion] of Object.entries(dependency.versions)) {
           this.probes.manifest.forEach((probe) => probe.next(spec, depVersion, { name, dependency }));
-          this.emit("manifest", spec, depVersion, { name, dependency });
+          this.#emit("manifest", spec, depVersion, { name, dependency });
         }
       }
     }
@@ -106,7 +106,38 @@ export class Payload<T extends ProbeExtractor<any>[]> extends EventTarget {
     ) as unknown as MergedExtractProbeResult<T>;
   }
 
-  emit<T extends ProbeExtractorLevel>(
+  on<T extends ProbeExtractorLevel>(
+    e: T,
+    listener: ExtractorListener<T>
+  ): this {
+    const wrappedListener = (event: Event) => {
+      const customEvent = event as CustomEvent<ExtractorCallbackParams<T>>;
+      try {
+        listener(...customEvent.detail);
+      }
+      catch (error) {
+        this.#emitError(new Error(`An error occured during ${e} event`, { cause: error }));
+      }
+    };
+    this.addEventListener(e, wrappedListener);
+
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  onError(listener: (e: Error) => void) {
+    function wrappedListener(event: Event) {
+      const customErrorEvent = event as CustomEvent<Error>;
+      try {
+        listener(customErrorEvent.detail);
+      }
+      catch (error) {
+        console.warn("Something went wrong in error listener", { cause: error });
+      }
+    }
+    this.addEventListener("error", wrappedListener);
+  }
+
+  #emit<T extends ProbeExtractorLevel>(
     event: T,
     ...extractionDetails: unknown[]
   ) {
@@ -116,17 +147,12 @@ export class Payload<T extends ProbeExtractor<any>[]> extends EventTarget {
     this.dispatchEvent(customEvent);
   }
 
-  on<T extends ProbeExtractorLevel>(
-    e: T,
-    listener: ExtractorListener<T>
-  ): this {
-    function wrappedListener(event: Event) {
-      const customEvent = event as CustomEvent<ExtractorCallbackParams<T>>;
-      listener(...customEvent.detail);
-    }
-    this.addEventListener(e, wrappedListener);
-
-    return this;
+  #emitError(e: Error
+  ) {
+    const customErrorEvent = new CustomEvent("error", {
+      detail: e
+    });
+    this.dispatchEvent(customErrorEvent);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/workspaces/scanner/test/extractors/payload.spec.ts b/workspaces/scanner/test/extractors/payload.spec.ts
index c94f3663..992f2647 100644
--- a/workspaces/scanner/test/extractors/payload.spec.ts
+++ b/workspaces/scanner/test/extractors/payload.spec.ts
@@ -281,6 +281,31 @@ describe("Extractors.Payload events", () => {
     assert.deepEqual(packumentEvents, expectedPackumentEvents);
     assert.deepEqual(manifestEvents, expectedManifestEvents);
   });
+
+  it("should emit error when extraction listener goes wrong", () => {
+    const extractor = new Extractors.Payload(
+      expressNodesecurePayload,
+      [
+        new Extractors.Probes.Licenses()
+      ]
+    );
+
+    const error = new Error("Listener error");
+    extractor.on("packument", () => {
+      throw error;
+    });
+
+    const packumentListenerErrors: Error[] = [];
+
+    extractor.onError((error) => {
+      packumentListenerErrors.push(error.cause as Error);
+    });
+
+    extractor.extract();
+
+    const expectedPackumentListenerErrors = packumentListenerErrors.map(() => error);
+    assert.deepEqual(packumentListenerErrors, expectedPackumentListenerErrors);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("Extractors.Callbacks", () => {