diff --git a/__snapshots__/manifest.ts.js b/__snapshots__/manifest.ts.js
index 8b4589a62..41235aca2 100644
--- a/__snapshots__/manifest.ts.js
+++ b/__snapshots__/manifest.ts.js
@@ -225,8 +225,3 @@ exports['Manifest buildPullRequests should warn end user via PR comment if versi
 To set a custom version be sure to use the [semantic versioning format](https://devhints.io/semver), e.g \`1.2.3\`.
 
 `
-
-exports['Manifest createReleases should throw when release branch is missing and changes-branch not in synced with target-branch 1'] = `
-Errors when aligning pull requests branches: 
-  - Branch 'next' cannot be safely re-aligned with 'main', and will likely result in git conflicts when the next release PR is created. Hint: compare branches 'release-please--branches--main--changes--next', 'next', and 'main' for inconsistencies
-`
diff --git a/src/manifest.ts b/src/manifest.ts
index 24a39c546..e2f7545bc 100644
--- a/src/manifest.ts
+++ b/src/manifest.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import {
 } from './util/pull-request-overflow-handler';
 import {signoffCommitMessage} from './util/signoff-commit-message';
 import {CommitExclude} from './util/commit-exclude';
+import {setupLogger} from 'code-suggester/build/src/logger';
 
 type ExtraJsonFile = {
   type: 'json';
@@ -444,6 +445,9 @@ export class Manifest {
       parseConfig(github, configFile, changesBranch, path, releaseAs),
       parseReleasedVersions(github, manifestFile, changesBranch),
     ]);
+    if (manifestOptions.logger) {
+      setupLogger(manifestOptions.logger);
+    }
     return new Manifest(
       github,
       targetBranch,
@@ -1292,7 +1296,11 @@ export class Manifest {
     // try to re-align branches to ensure the next release pull request won't face git conflicts. In case of
     // inconsistencies releases are still created but the command fails and won't force a re-alignment between a PR
     // ref branch and base branch.
-    await this.alignPullRequestsChangesBranch(pullRequests);
+    try {
+      await this.alignPullRequestsChangesBranch(pullRequests);
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.logger.error(err as {});
+    }
 
     return createdReleases;
   }
diff --git a/test/manifest.ts b/test/manifest.ts
index 3b10726d4..26bedc6be 100644
--- a/test/manifest.ts
+++ b/test/manifest.ts
@@ -8637,7 +8637,7 @@ version = "3.0.0"
       sinon.assert.calledOnce(unlockBranchStub);
     });
 
-    it('should throw when release branch is missing and changes-branch not in synced with target-branch', async () => {
+    it('should not throw when release branch is missing and changes-branch not in synced with target-branch', async () => {
       mockPullRequests(
         github,
         [],
@@ -8737,14 +8737,7 @@ version = "3.0.0"
         }
       );
 
-      let err: unknown;
-      try {
-        await manifest.createReleases();
-      } catch (e) {
-        err = e;
-      }
-      expect(err).to.be.instanceOf(Error);
-      snapshot((<Error>err).message);
+      await manifest.createReleases();
 
       // releases are still created
       sinon.assert.calledOnce(commentStub);