diff --git a/packages/cli/src/getGroupIds.ts b/packages/cli/src/getGroupIds.ts
index b823f8999..b963fc6a9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/getGroupIds.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/getGroupIds.ts
@@ -12,31 +12,35 @@ import Spinner from "./spinner.js"
  */
 export default async function getGroupIds(network: SupportedNetwork): Promise<string[]> {
     let groupIds: string[]
+    let shouldLogEthersError = false
 
     const spinner = new Spinner("Fetching groups")
 
     spinner.start()
 
     try {
-        const semaphoreSubgraph = new SemaphoreSubgraph(network)
+        try {
+            const semaphoreSubgraph = new SemaphoreSubgraph(network)
 
-        groupIds = await semaphoreSubgraph.getGroupIds()
+            groupIds = await semaphoreSubgraph.getGroupIds()
+        } catch {
+            try {
+                const semaphoreEthers = new SemaphoreEthers(network)
 
-        spinner.stop()
-    } catch {
-        try {
-            const semaphoreEthers = new SemaphoreEthers(network)
+                groupIds = await semaphoreEthers.getGroupIds()
+            } catch {
+                shouldLogEthersError = true
 
-            groupIds = await semaphoreEthers.getGroupIds()
+                return null
+            }
+        }
 
-            spinner.stop()
-        } catch {
-            spinner.stop()
+        return groupIds
+    } finally {
+        spinner.stop()
 
+        if (shouldLogEthersError) {
             console.info(`\n ${logSymbols.error}`, "error: unexpected error with the SemaphoreEthers package")
-
-            return null
         }
     }
-    return groupIds
 }