diff --git a/misc/tools/xonotic-map-compiler-autobuild b/misc/tools/xonotic-map-compiler-autobuild
index fec3e11..bb4ddb4 100755
--- a/misc/tools/xonotic-map-compiler-autobuild
+++ b/misc/tools/xonotic-map-compiler-autobuild
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ getthemap()
 		if ! curl -o "$bspdir/$M-$blobhash.pk3" "$url$M-$blobhash.pk3"; then
 			rm -f "$bspdir/$M-$blobhash.pk3"
 			echo "WARNING: could not download $url$M-$blobhash.pk3, maybe not ready yet"
+			getthemap_fail=true
 			return 0
 		fi
 	fi