diff --git a/app/observers/project_observer.rb b/app/observers/project_observer.rb
index b82e7d9..f301f30 100644
--- a/app/observers/project_observer.rb
+++ b/app/observers/project_observer.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,14 @@ class ProjectObserver < BaseObserver
     end
 
     if project.wiki_enabled?
-      # force the creation of a wiki,
-      GollumWiki.new(project, project.owner).wiki
+      begin
+        # force the creation of a wiki,
+        GollumWiki.new(project, project.owner).wiki
+      rescue GollumWiki::CouldNotCreateWikiError => ex
+        # Prevent project observer crash
+        # if failed to create wiki
+        nil
+      end
     end
   end
 
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