diff --git a/src/main/java/ca/spottedleaf/moonrise/patches/chunk_system/io/MoonriseRegionFileIO.java b/src/main/java/ca/spottedleaf/moonrise/patches/chunk_system/io/MoonriseRegionFileIO.java
index 1acea58..25bceb8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ca/spottedleaf/moonrise/patches/chunk_system/io/MoonriseRegionFileIO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ca/spottedleaf/moonrise/patches/chunk_system/io/MoonriseRegionFileIO.java
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ public final class MoonriseRegionFileIO {
                 LOGGER.error("Failed to decompress chunk data for task: " + this.toString(), thr);
             }
 
-            if (compoundTag == null) {
+            if (throwable == null && compoundTag == null) {
                 // need to re-try from the start
                 this.scheduleReadIO();
                 return;