diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/hooks/useCopyImageToClipboard.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/hooks/useCopyImageToClipboard.ts
index cefbf3d14e..4b42a45e93 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/hooks/useCopyImageToClipboard.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/hooks/useCopyImageToClipboard.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ export const useCopyImageToClipboard = () => {
       try {
         const getImageBlob = async () => {
           const response = await fetch(image_url);
+          if (!response.ok) {
+            throw new Error(`Problem retrieving image data`);
+          }
           return await response.blob();
         };