diff --git a/spec/javascripts/support/jasmine_runner.rb b/spec/javascripts/support/jasmine_runner.rb
index 1e38f7f0a7f3fa6d9fffb7f767be163065673f5e..dffb486c832dc4e182cdb5f9d1ab8da7785e3d60 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/support/jasmine_runner.rb
+++ b/spec/javascripts/support/jasmine_runner.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,14 @@ require 'json'
 require 'jasmine'
 require 'rspec'
 jasmine_config_overrides = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'jasmine_config.rb'))
-require jasmine_config_overrides if File.exists?(jasmine_config_overrides)
+
+begin 
+  require jasmine_config_overrides if File.exists?(jasmine_config_overrides)
+rescue Exception => e
+  #we do this because when we are locally developing JS, our local jammit
+  # helps us re-run jasmine tests by jammiting every time.
+  #on ci, this causes problems, but we only need to jammit once
+end
 
 jasmine_config = Jasmine::Config.new
 spec_builder = Jasmine::SpecBuilder.new(jasmine_config)