diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/ChapterLoader.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/ChapterLoader.kt
index c8c89d791..51fd4f297 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/ChapterLoader.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/ChapterLoader.kt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class ChapterLoader(
                 }.map { pages -> loader to pages }
             }
             .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
+            .doOnError { chapter.state = ReaderChapter.State.Error(it) }
             .doOnNext { (loader, pages) ->
                 if (pages.isEmpty()) {
                     throw Exception(context.getString(R.string.page_list_empty_error))
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ class ChapterLoader(
                 }
             }
             .toCompletable()
-            .doOnError { chapter.state = ReaderChapter.State.Error(it) }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/HttpPageLoader.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/HttpPageLoader.kt
index 79ffae760..4c941bbf6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/HttpPageLoader.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/HttpPageLoader.kt
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ class HttpPageLoader(
     override fun getPages(): Observable<List<ReaderPage>> {
         return Observable.fromCallable { chapterCache.getPageListFromCache(chapter.chapter) }
             .onErrorResumeNext { source.fetchPageList(chapter.chapter) }
-            .onErrorReturn { emptyList() }
             .map { pages ->
                 // SY -->
                 val rp = pages.mapIndexed { index, page ->