diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/MVideoBody.tsx b/src/components/views/messages/MVideoBody.tsx
index 1ac389a6bc1..c46f64a3011 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/MVideoBody.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/MVideoBody.tsx
@@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ export default class MVideoBody extends React.PureComponent<IBodyProps, IState>
             this.forceUpdate(); // we don't really have a reliable thing to update, so just update the whole thing
         });
 
-        this.loadBlurhash();
+        try {
+            this.loadBlurhash();
+        } catch (e) {
+            logger.error("Failed to load blurhash", e);
+        }
 
         if (this.props.mediaEventHelper.media.isEncrypted && this.state.decryptedUrl === null) {
             try {