diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/AnnotationEditOverlay.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/AnnotationEditOverlay.svelte
index bf920f2f..baf9afaa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/AnnotationEditOverlay.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/AnnotationEditOverlay.svelte
@@ -219,9 +219,12 @@ function handleKeyDown(event: KeyboardEvent): void {
 				width: liveWidth,
 				height: liveHeight
 			});
-		} catch {
+		} catch (err) {
+			console.error('annotation keyboard update failed', err);
 			liveX = annotation.x;
 			liveY = annotation.y;
+			liveWidth = annotation.width;
+			liveHeight = annotation.height;
 		}
 	}, 300);
 }