diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/outfit-viewer.js b/app/assets/javascripts/outfit-viewer.js
index b6d57a71..c8e4fec5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/outfit-viewer.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/outfit-viewer.js
@@ -112,9 +112,7 @@ class OutfitLayer extends HTMLElement {
 				this.#setStatus("error"),
 			);
 		} else {
-			throw new Error(
-				`<outfit-layer> must contain an <img> or <iframe> tag`,
-			);
+			console.warn(`<outfit-layer> contained no image or iframe: `, this);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/views/items/_outfit_viewer.html.haml b/app/views/items/_outfit_viewer.html.haml
index 23f7693f..e03c2c3b 100644
--- a/app/views/items/_outfit_viewer.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/items/_outfit_viewer.html.haml
@@ -20,5 +20,7 @@
     }
       - if swf_asset.canvas_movie?
         %iframe{src: swf_asset_path(swf_asset, playing: outfit_viewer_is_playing ? true : nil)}
+      - elsif swf_asset.image_url.present?
+        = image_tag swf_asset.image_url, alt: ""
       - else
-        = image_tag swf_asset.image_url, alt: ""
\ No newline at end of file
+        / No movie or image available for SWF asset: #{swf_asset.url}
\ No newline at end of file