diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/sync/vcs/insomnia-sync.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/sync/vcs/insomnia-sync.ts
index 528ad1246d6..290278685ce 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/sync/vcs/insomnia-sync.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/sync/vcs/insomnia-sync.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ import { VCS } from './vcs';
 
 let vcs: VCS | null = null;
 
+export class UserAbortResolveMergeConflictError extends Error {
+  constructor(msg: string = 'User aborted merge') {
+    super(msg);
+  }
+  name = 'UserAbortResolveMergeConflictError';
+}
+
 export const VCSInstance = () => {
   if (vcs) {
     return vcs;
@@ -21,9 +28,9 @@ export const VCSInstance = () => {
         handleDone: (conflicts?: MergeConflict[]) => {
           if (conflicts && conflicts.length) {
             resolve(conflicts);
+          } else {
+            reject(new UserAbortResolveMergeConflictError());
           }
-
-          reject(new Error('User aborted merge'));
         },
       });
     });
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/modals/sync-branches-modal.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/modals/sync-branches-modal.tsx
index 790a26785b4..ad931f5672f 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/modals/sync-branches-modal.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/modals/sync-branches-modal.tsx
@@ -95,12 +95,15 @@ const LocalBranchItem = ({
           doneMessage="Merged"
           confirmMessage='Confirm'
           disabled={isCurrent}
-          onClick={() => mergeBranchFetcher.submit({
-            branch,
-          }, {
-            method: 'POST',
-            action: `/organization/${organizationId}/project/${projectId}/workspace/${workspaceId}/insomnia-sync/branch/merge`,
-          })}
+          onClick={() => {
+            // file://./../../routes/remote-collections.tsx#mergeBranchAction
+            mergeBranchFetcher.submit({
+              branch,
+            }, {
+              method: 'POST',
+              action: `/organization/${organizationId}/project/${projectId}/workspace/${workspaceId}/insomnia-sync/branch/merge`,
+            });
+          }}
         >
           <Icon icon={mergeBranchFetcher.state !== 'idle' ? 'spinner' : 'code-merge'} className={`w-5 ${mergeBranchFetcher.state !== 'idle' ? 'animate-spin' : ''}`} />
           Merge
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/remote-collections.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/remote-collections.tsx
index 6b665df58b1..ebecbc983f6 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/remote-collections.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/remote-collections.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import type {
   Status,
   StatusCandidate,
 } from '../../sync/types';
-import { VCSInstance } from '../../sync/vcs/insomnia-sync';
+import { UserAbortResolveMergeConflictError, VCSInstance } from '../../sync/vcs/insomnia-sync';
 import { pullBackendProject } from '../../sync/vcs/pull-backend-project';
 import { invariant } from '../../utils/invariant';
 
@@ -417,7 +417,16 @@ export const mergeBranchAction: ActionFunction = async ({
   invariant(typeof branch === 'string', 'Branch is required');
   const vcs = VCSInstance();
   const { syncItems } = await getSyncItems({ workspaceId });
-  const delta = await vcs.merge(syncItems, branch);
+  let delta;
+  try {
+    delta = await vcs.merge(syncItems, branch);
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof UserAbortResolveMergeConflictError) {
+      return null;
+    } else {
+      throw err;
+    }
+  }
   try {
     await database.batchModifyDocs(delta as Operation);
     delete remoteCompareCache[workspaceId];