diff --git a/lib/captionator/js/captionator.js b/lib/captionator/js/captionator.js
index cee098b..83a568f 100644
--- a/lib/captionator/js/captionator.js
+++ b/lib/captionator/js/captionator.js
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@
                                         // Covert JSON to accepted VTT format
                                         data = captionator.unisubJSONtoVTT(data);
                                         captionator.loadTrackVTTCaptions(data, currentTrackElement, callback);
+                                    } else {
+                                        currentTrackElement.readyState = captionator.TextTrack.ERROR;
                                     }
 				                });
 							} else {