diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3fac3ea4d..7f5a95e02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 - The `vectorscan` and `vectorscan-sys` crates have been split off into a [separate project](https://github.com/bradlarsen/vectorscan-rs) with crates published on crates.io ([#168](https://github.com/praetorian-inc/noseyparker/pull/168)).
 
+### Fixes
+
+- Upon `noseyparker` startup, if resource limits cannot be adjusted, instead of crashing, a warning is printed and the process attempts to continue ([#170](https://github.com/praetorian-inc/noseyparker/issues/170)).
+
 
 ## [v0.17.0](https://github.com/praetorian-inc/noseyparker/releases/v0.17.0) (2024-03-05)
 
diff --git a/crates/noseyparker-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/noseyparker-cli/src/main.rs
index fdca5e40c..726419bf2 100644
--- a/crates/noseyparker-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/noseyparker-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use mimalloc::MiMalloc;
 static GLOBAL: MiMalloc = MiMalloc;
 
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
-use tracing::debug;
+use tracing::{debug, warn};
 
 mod args;
 mod cmd_datastore;
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ fn try_main(args: &CommandLineArgs) -> Result<()> {
     configure_backtraces(global_args);
     configure_color(global_args);
     configure_tracing(global_args).context("Failed to initialize logging")?;
-    configure_rlimits(global_args).context("Failed to initialize resource limits")?;
+
+    if let Err(e) = configure_rlimits(global_args) {
+        warn!("Failed to initialize resource limits: {e}");
+    }
 
     match &args.command {
         args::Command::Datastore(args) => cmd_datastore::run(global_args, args),
diff --git a/crates/noseyparker-cli/tests/test_noseyparker.rs b/crates/noseyparker-cli/tests/test_noseyparker.rs
index 5f74a3c1d..7cf8d1032 100644
--- a/crates/noseyparker-cli/tests/test_noseyparker.rs
+++ b/crates/noseyparker-cli/tests/test_noseyparker.rs
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ mod scan;
 // TODO(test): add tests for enumerating GitHub Enterprise with the `--ignore-certs` optino
 // TODO(test): add tests for `scan --git-url=URL --ignore-certs`
 // TODO(test): add test case that validates `report -f json` output against the JSON schema (see the `jsonschema` crate)
+// TODO(test) add test that failing to set rlimits at startup doesn't crash, but outputs a warning