diff --git a/modules/ui.py b/modules/ui.py
index 55f7aa953..20dc8c379 100644
--- a/modules/ui.py
+++ b/modules/ui.py
@@ -386,14 +386,22 @@ def connect_reuse_seed(seed: gr.Number, reuse_seed: gr.Button, generation_info:
         outputs=[seed, dummy_component]
     )
 
+
 def update_token_counter(text, steps):
-    prompt_schedules = get_learned_conditioning_prompt_schedules([text], steps)
+    try:
+        prompt_schedules = get_learned_conditioning_prompt_schedules([text], steps)
+    except Exception:
+        # a parsing error can happen here during typing, and we don't want to bother the user with
+        # messages related to it in console
+        prompt_schedules = [[[steps, text]]]
+
     flat_prompts = reduce(lambda list1, list2: list1+list2, prompt_schedules)
-    prompts = [prompt_text for step,prompt_text in flat_prompts]
+    prompts = [prompt_text for step, prompt_text in flat_prompts]
     tokens, token_count, max_length = max([model_hijack.tokenize(prompt) for prompt in prompts], key=lambda args: args[1])
     style_class = ' class="red"' if (token_count > max_length) else ""
     return f"<span {style_class}>{token_count}/{max_length}</span>"
 
+
 def create_toprow(is_img2img):
     id_part = "img2img" if is_img2img else "txt2img"