diff --git a/frontend/src/app/util/http.cljs b/frontend/src/app/util/http.cljs
index 8c613bb33..fe60147a3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/util/http.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/util/http.cljs
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@
                  :uri uri
                  :response-type :blob
                  :omit-default-headers true})
+
+         (rx/filter #(= 200 (:status %)))
          (rx/map :body)
          (rx/mapcat wapi/read-file-as-data-url)
          (rx/map #(hash-map uri %)))))
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/worker/import.cljs b/frontend/src/app/worker/import.cljs
index 107b09231..abcaa1973 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/worker/import.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/worker/import.cljs
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@
     (let [name     (cip/get-image-name node)
           data-uri (cip/get-image-data node)]
       (->> (upload-media-files file-id name data-uri)
+           (rx/catch #(do (.error js/console %)
+                          (rx/of node)))
            (rx/map
             (fn [media]
               (-> node