diff --git a/github-actions/utils/find-linked-issue.js b/github-actions/utils/find-linked-issue.js
index b44e54d56f..3700ce2e6f 100644
--- a/github-actions/utils/find-linked-issue.js
+++ b/github-actions/utils/find-linked-issue.js
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * Function that returns the number of a linked issue (if exists)
+ * @param {String} text       - the text to search for keywords
+ * @returns                   - issueNumber, or false
+ */
 function findLinkedIssue(text) {
     // Create RegEx for capturing KEYWORD #ISSUE-NUMBER syntax (i.e. resolves #1234)
     const KEYWORDS = ['close', 'closes', 'closed', 'fix', 'fixes', 'fixed', 'resolve', 'resolves', 'resolved'];
@@ -8,10 +13,17 @@ function findLinkedIssue(text) {
 
     // Receive and unpack matches into an Array of Array objs
     let re = new RegExp(reArr.join('|'), 'gi');
-    let matches = text.matchAll(re);
-    matches = [...matches];
-
-    // If only one match is found, return the issue number. Else return false. Also console.log results.
+    let matches = [];
+    
+    // Find matches or throw error
+    try {
+        matches = text.matchAll(re);
+        matches = [...matches]; 
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error(err);
+    }
+    
+    // If only one match is found, return the issue number
     if (matches.length == 1) {
         const issueNumber = matches[0][0].match(/\d+/);
         return issueNumber[0];