diff -Nru ubuntu-app-launch-0.9+16.10.20160913.1/debian/changelog ubuntu-app-launch-0.9+16.10.20160928/debian/changelog
--- ubuntu-app-launch-0.9+16.10.20160913.1/debian/changelog	2016-09-28 17:46:22.000000000 +0000
+++ ubuntu-app-launch-0.9+16.10.20160928/debian/changelog	2016-09-28 17:46:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ubuntu-app-launch (0.9+16.10.20160928-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium
+
+  * Add a try/catch inside the for loop in ::list(). (LP: #1627594)
+
+ -- Rodney Dawes <rodney.dawes@canonical.com>  Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:43:54 +0000
+
 ubuntu-app-launch (0.9+16.10.20160913.1-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium
 
   [ Larry Price ]
diff -Nru ubuntu-app-launch-0.9+16.10.20160913.1/libubuntu-app-launch/application-impl-libertine.cpp ubuntu-app-launch-0.9+16.10.20160928/libubuntu-app-launch/application-impl-libertine.cpp
--- ubuntu-app-launch-0.9+16.10.20160913.1/libubuntu-app-launch/application-impl-libertine.cpp	2016-09-13 17:42:49.000000000 +0000
+++ ubuntu-app-launch-0.9+16.10.20160928/libubuntu-app-launch/application-impl-libertine.cpp	2016-09-28 17:43:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -239,9 +239,17 @@
 
         for (int j = 0; apps.get()[j] != nullptr; j++)
         {
-            auto appid = AppID::parse(apps.get()[j]);
-            auto sapp = std::make_shared<Libertine>(appid.package, appid.appname, registry);
-            applist.push_back(sapp);
+            try
+            {
+                auto appid = AppID::parse(apps.get()[j]);
+                auto sapp = std::make_shared<Libertine>(appid.package, appid.appname, registry);
+                applist.emplace_back(sapp);
+            }
+            catch (std::runtime_error& e)
+            {
+                g_debug("Unable to create application for libertine appname '%s': %s",
+                        apps.get()[j], e.what());
+            }
         }
     }