diff --git a/ai_commands.py b/ai_commands.py
index 50d28ce..df54bfe 100644
--- a/ai_commands.py
+++ b/ai_commands.py
@@ -114,6 +114,25 @@ class Events(commands.Cog):
                 "OPENAICLIENT niedostępny - osobiści asystenci (OpenAI Assistants API) wyłączeni"
             )
             return
+        # The bootstrap below must NEVER take the cog down with it. It calls the
+        # OpenAI Assistants API (beta threads/runs), which is a legacy surface -
+        # it now answers 404, and that exception propagated out of cog_load,
+        # failed the whole extension, and took EVERY AI command with it
+        # ($gadaj_teraz, $modele_ai, the conversation handler). Personal
+        # assistants are one optional feature; losing them must not disable the
+        # AI cog, which otherwise works fine on Claude and Ollama.
+        try:
+            await self._start_personal_assistants()
+        except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
+            self.logger.warning(
+                "Osobiści asystenci (OpenAI Assistants API) wyłączeni - %s: %s. "
+                "Reszta AI (rozmowy, $gadaj_teraz, $modele_ai) działa normalnie.",
+                type(exc).__name__, exc,
+            )
+
+    async def _start_personal_assistants(self):
+        """Bootstrap the per-user OpenAI Assistants threads. Optional feature:
+        callers must treat a failure here as non-fatal (see cog_load)."""
         for superfryta_id, superfryta in SPECJALNE_ZIEMNIACZKI.items():
 
             if superfryta[4] != "":