diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/MapEditorOptionsTable.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/MapEditorOptionsTable.kt
index 3bd211c7..90c84c40 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/MapEditorOptionsTable.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/MapEditorOptionsTable.kt
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ class MapDownloadTable(mapEditorScreen: MapEditorScreen):PopupTable(mapEditorScr
                 val downloadMapButton = TextButton(downloadableMap.name, CameraStageBaseScreen.skin)
                 downloadMapButton.onClick {
                     val mapJsonGzipped = DropBox().downloadFile(downloadableMap.path_display)
+                    if(mapJsonGzipped==""){
+                        val couldNotDownloadMapPopup = PopupTable(screen)
+                        couldNotDownloadMapPopup.addGoodSizedLabel("Could not download map!").row()
+                        couldNotDownloadMapPopup.addCloseButton()
+                        return@onClick
+                    }
                     val decodedMapJson = Gzip.unzip(mapJsonGzipped)
                     val mapObject = MapSaver().mapFromJson(decodedMapJson)
                     MapSaver().saveMap(downloadableMap.name, mapObject)
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/optionstable/DropBox.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/optionstable/DropBox.kt
index ce587fd8..aa8a3006 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/optionstable/DropBox.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/optionstable/DropBox.kt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class DropBox(){
                 println(ex.message)
                 val reader = BufferedReader(InputStreamReader(errorStream))
                 println(reader.readText())
-                return "Error!"
+                return ""
             }
         }
     }