diff --git a/KSPCommunityFixes/Performance/TextureLoaderOptimizations.cs b/KSPCommunityFixes/Performance/TextureLoaderOptimizations.cs
index 791ed1c..680db5f 100644
--- a/KSPCommunityFixes/Performance/TextureLoaderOptimizations.cs
+++ b/KSPCommunityFixes/Performance/TextureLoaderOptimizations.cs
@@ -288,6 +288,15 @@ static bool DatabaseLoaderTexture_PNG_Load_Prefix(DatabaseLoaderTexture_PNG __in
             return false;
         }
 
+        static string[] noMipMapsTextureNames = new string[3] 
+        { 
+            Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + "Icons" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar,
+            Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + "Tutorials" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar,
+            Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + "SimpleIcons" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar
+        };
+
+        static string flagTextureName = Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + "Flags" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
+
         static IEnumerator GetEnumerator(DatabaseLoaderTexture_PNG loader, UrlDir.UrlFile urlFile, FileInfo file)
         {
             if (!instance.userOptInChoiceDone)
@@ -337,16 +346,25 @@ static IEnumerator GetEnumerator(DatabaseLoaderTexture_PNG loader, UrlDir.UrlFil
                 yield break;
             }
 
+            Texture2D texture2D = DownloadHandlerTexture.GetContent(imageWWW);
+            // fix for https://github.com/KSPModdingLibs/KSPCommunityFixes/issues/69
+            if (texture2D.IsNullOrDestroyed())
+            {
+                Debug.LogWarning("Texture load error in '" + file.FullName);
+                loader.obj = null;
+                loader.successful = false;
+                yield break;
+            }
+
             if (Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file.Name).EndsWith("NRM"))
             {
-                Texture2D content = DownloadHandlerTexture.GetContent(imageWWW);
                 Texture2D normal;
                 bool normalIsCompressed;
 
                 if (isSetPixelDataSupported)
-                    normalIsCompressed = BitmapToCompressedNormalMapFast(content, !textureCacheEnabled, out normal);
+                    normalIsCompressed = BitmapToCompressedNormalMapFast(texture2D, !textureCacheEnabled, out normal);
                 else
-                    normalIsCompressed = BitmapToCompressedNormalMapFast_Legacy(content, !textureCacheEnabled, out normal);
+                    normalIsCompressed = BitmapToCompressedNormalMapFast_Legacy(texture2D, !textureCacheEnabled, out normal);
 
                 if (normalIsCompressed && textureCacheEnabled)
                 {
@@ -369,27 +387,25 @@ static IEnumerator GetEnumerator(DatabaseLoaderTexture_PNG loader, UrlDir.UrlFil
                 yield break;
             }
 
-            Texture2D texture2D = DownloadHandlerTexture.GetContent(imageWWW);
-            string[] array = new string[3] { "Icons", "Tutorials", "SimpleIcons" };
-            bool flag = false;
-            bool flag2 = false;
-            for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
+            bool noMipMaps = false;
+            bool compressHighQuality = false;
+            for (int i = 0; i < noMipMapsTextureNames.Length; i++)
             {
-                if (path.Contains(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + array[i] + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar))
+                if (path.Contains(noMipMapsTextureNames[i]))
                 {
-                    flag = true;
+                    noMipMaps = true;
                 }
             }
 
-            if (path.Contains(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + "Flags" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar))
+            if (path.Contains(flagTextureName))
             {
                 Texture2D texture2D2 = new Texture2D(texture2D.width, texture2D.height, texture2D.format, mipChain: true);
                 texture2D2.LoadImage(imageWWW.downloadHandler.data);
                 texture2D = texture2D2;
-                flag2 = true;
+                compressHighQuality = true;
             }
 
-            if (flag)
+            if (noMipMaps)
             {
                 Texture2D texture2D3 = new Texture2D(texture2D.width, texture2D.height, TextureFormat.ARGB32, mipChain: false);
                 texture2D3.SetPixels32(texture2D.GetPixels32());
@@ -398,7 +414,7 @@ static IEnumerator GetEnumerator(DatabaseLoaderTexture_PNG loader, UrlDir.UrlFil
 
             if (texture2D.width % 4 == 0 && texture2D.height % 4 == 0)
             {
-                texture2D.Compress(flag2);
+                texture2D.Compress(compressHighQuality);
             }
             else
             {