diff --git a/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx b/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx
index a9ce93bdb..aee97d6f3 100644
--- a/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx
@@ -514,12 +514,16 @@ function PhotoViewer(props: Iprops) {
     const downloadFileHelper = async (file) => {
         if (file && props.enableDownload) {
             appContext.startLoading();
-            await downloadFile(
-                file,
-                publicCollectionGalleryContext.accessedThroughSharedURL,
-                publicCollectionGalleryContext.token,
-                publicCollectionGalleryContext.passwordToken
-            );
+            try {
+                await downloadFile(
+                    file,
+                    publicCollectionGalleryContext.accessedThroughSharedURL,
+                    publicCollectionGalleryContext.token,
+                    publicCollectionGalleryContext.passwordToken
+                );
+            } catch (e) {
+                // do nothing
+            }
             appContext.finishLoading();
         }
     };
diff --git a/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums/index.tsx b/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums/index.tsx
index 6baaa52cd..6ff7558d5 100644
--- a/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums/index.tsx
@@ -206,12 +206,16 @@ export default function PublicCollectionGallery() {
         }
         appContext.startLoading();
         for (const file of publicFiles) {
-            await downloadFile(
-                file,
-                true,
-                token.current,
-                passwordJWTToken.current
-            );
+            try {
+                await downloadFile(
+                    file,
+                    true,
+                    token.current,
+                    passwordJWTToken.current
+                );
+            } catch (e) {
+                // do nothing
+            }
         }
         appContext.finishLoading();
     };
diff --git a/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts b/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
index ec21d266e..a0003349f 100644
--- a/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
+++ b/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ export async function downloadFile(
         }
     } catch (e) {
         logError(e, 'failed to download file');
+        throw e;
     }
 }