diff --git a/packages/ffmpeg/src/classes.ts b/packages/ffmpeg/src/classes.ts
index 48d9e2c4a4..dd7ffacecd 100644
--- a/packages/ffmpeg/src/classes.ts
+++ b/packages/ffmpeg/src/classes.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   FFFSPath,
 } from "./types.js";
 import { getMessageID } from "./utils.js";
-import { ERROR_TERMINATED, ERROR_NOT_LOADED } from "./errors.js";
+import { ERROR_TERMINATED, ERROR_NOT_LOADED, ERROR_WORKER } from "./errors.js";
 
 type FFMessageOptions = {
   signal?: AbortSignal;
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ export class FFmpeg {
         delete this.#resolves[id];
         delete this.#rejects[id];
       };
+      this.#worker.onerror = () => {
+        const rejects = { ...this.#rejects };
+        this.#rejects = {};
+        this.#resolves = {};
+        this.#worker = null;
+        this.loaded = false;
+        for (const reject of Object.values(rejects)) {
+          reject(ERROR_WORKER);
+        }
+      };
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/ffmpeg/src/errors.ts b/packages/ffmpeg/src/errors.ts
index d7246c79ec..6901e107a4 100644
--- a/packages/ffmpeg/src/errors.ts
+++ b/packages/ffmpeg/src/errors.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ export const ERROR_TERMINATED = new Error("called FFmpeg.terminate()");
 export const ERROR_IMPORT_FAILURE = new Error(
   "failed to import ffmpeg-core.js"
 );
+export const ERROR_WORKER = new Error(
+  "worker encountered an error, this is most likely caused by the worker script failing to load (CORP, network error, 404, etc.)"
+);