diff --git a/src/core/js/webcaosdb.js b/src/core/js/webcaosdb.js
index f1041ad44f0234fa68b998cb161bd8ed85d4ea48..d4f1d34591863bddc46051a0727b4f7433baee37 100644
--- a/src/core/js/webcaosdb.js
+++ b/src/core/js/webcaosdb.js
@@ -29,14 +29,18 @@
 window.addEventListener('error', (e) => globalError(e.error));
 
 var globalError = function (error) {
+    var stack = error.stack;
 
     // ignore this particular error. It is caused by bootstrap-select which is
     // probably misusing the bootstrap 5 API.
     if (error.toString().startsWith("TypeError: this._element is undefined")) {
-      return;
+      if (error && error.stack)
+        stack = "" + error.stack;
+        if (stack.indexOf("dataApiKeydownHandler") > 0) {
+          return;
+        }
     }
 
-    var stack = error.stack;
     var message = "Error! Please help to make CaosDB better! Copy this message and send it via email to info@indiscale.com.\n\n";
     message += error.toString();