diff --git a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
index b20d1b78c..bb198e6c3 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
@@ -1157,21 +1157,25 @@ export default class Explorer {
   }
 
   public async refreshSampleData(): Promise<void> {
-    if (!userContext.sampleDataConnectionInfo) {
+    try {
+      if (!userContext.sampleDataConnectionInfo) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const collection: DataModels.Collection = await readSampleCollection();
+      if (!collection) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const databaseId = userContext.sampleDataConnectionInfo?.databaseId;
+      if (!databaseId) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const sampleDataResourceTokenCollection = new ResourceTokenCollection(this, databaseId, collection, true);
+      useDatabases.setState({ sampleDataResourceTokenCollection });
+    } catch (error) {
+      Logger.logError(getErrorMessage(error), "Explorer");
       return;
     }
-
-    const collection: DataModels.Collection = await readSampleCollection();
-    if (!collection) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    const databaseId = userContext.sampleDataConnectionInfo?.databaseId;
-    if (!databaseId) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    const sampleDataResourceTokenCollection = new ResourceTokenCollection(this, databaseId, collection, true);
-    useDatabases.setState({ sampleDataResourceTokenCollection });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/SettingsPane.tsx b/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/SettingsPane.tsx
index ff96d6716..320a10015 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/SettingsPane.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/SettingsPane.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import * as Constants from "Common/Constants";
 import { SplitterDirection } from "Common/Splitter";
 import { InfoTooltip } from "Common/Tooltip/InfoTooltip";
 import { configContext } from "ConfigContext";
+import { useDatabases } from "Explorer/useDatabases";
 import {
   DefaultRUThreshold,
   LocalStorageUtility,
@@ -107,7 +108,10 @@ export const SettingsPane: FunctionComponent<{ explorer: Explorer }> = ({
   const shouldShowCrossPartitionOption = userContext.apiType !== "Gremlin";
   const shouldShowParallelismOption = userContext.apiType !== "Gremlin";
   const shouldShowPriorityLevelOption = PriorityBasedExecutionUtils.isFeatureEnabled();
-  const shouldShowCopilotSampleDBOption = userContext.apiType === "SQL" && useQueryCopilot.getState().copilotEnabled;
+  const shouldShowCopilotSampleDBOption =
+    userContext.apiType === "SQL" &&
+    useQueryCopilot.getState().copilotEnabled &&
+    useDatabases.getState().sampleDataResourceTokenCollection;
   const handlerOnSubmit = async () => {
     setIsExecuting(true);