diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/plugin/index.ts b/packages/opencode/src/plugin/index.ts
index d769c30a4..8c60ba150 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/plugin/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/plugin/index.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ function getLegacyPlugins(mod: Record<string, unknown>) {
     if (seen.has(entry)) continue
     seen.add(entry)
     const plugin = getServerPlugin(entry)
-    if (!plugin) throw new TypeError("Plugin export is not a function")
+    if (!plugin) continue
     result.push(plugin)
   }
 
@@ -374,13 +374,11 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
               return message
             },
           }).pipe(
-            Effect.catch(() => {
-              // TODO: make proper events for this
-              // bus.publish(Session.Event.Error, {
-              //   error: new NamedError.Unknown({
-              //     message: `Failed to load plugin ${load.spec}: ${message}`,
-              //   }).toObject(),
-              // })
+            Effect.catch((err) => {
+              log.error("unhandled error in plugin loading pipeline", {
+                path: load.spec,
+                error: errorMessage(err),
+              })
               return Effect.void
             }),
           )
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/plugin/loader-shared.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/plugin/loader-shared.test.ts
index cd9d45fae..bdc0ce9f0 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/plugin/loader-shared.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/plugin/loader-shared.test.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,38 @@ describe("plugin.loader.shared", () => {
     expect(await fs.readFile(tmp.extra.mark, "utf8")).toBe("called")
   })
 
+  test("loads a file:// plugin with non-function exports", async () => {
+    await using tmp = await tmpdir({
+      init: async (dir) => {
+        const file = path.join(dir, "plugin.ts")
+        const mark = path.join(dir, "called.txt")
+        await Bun.write(
+          file,
+          [
+            "export const config = { foo: 'bar' }",
+            "export type Config = { foo: string }",
+            "export const VERSION = '1.0.0'",
+            "export default async () => {",
+            `  await Bun.write(${JSON.stringify(mark)}, "called")`,
+            "  return {}",
+            "}",
+            "",
+          ].join("\n"),
+        )
+
+        await Bun.write(
+          path.join(dir, "mimocode.json"),
+          JSON.stringify({ plugin: [pathToFileURL(file).href] }, null, 2),
+        )
+
+        return { mark }
+      },
+    })
+
+    await load(tmp.path)
+    expect(await fs.readFile(tmp.extra.mark, "utf8")).toBe("called")
+  })
+
   test("deduplicates same function exported as default and named", async () => {
     await using tmp = await tmpdir({
       init: async (dir) => {