diff --git a/code/functions/live-capture/java/nu/marginalia/livecapture/BrowserlessClient.java b/code/functions/live-capture/java/nu/marginalia/livecapture/BrowserlessClient.java
index 1d54867a..0e48f0bf 100644
--- a/code/functions/live-capture/java/nu/marginalia/livecapture/BrowserlessClient.java
+++ b/code/functions/live-capture/java/nu/marginalia/livecapture/BrowserlessClient.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public class BrowserlessClient implements AutoCloseable {
 
         if (rsp.statusCode() >= 300) {
             logger.info("Failed to fetch screenshot for {}, status {}", url, rsp.statusCode());
+            return new byte[0];
         }
 
         return rsp.body();
diff --git a/code/functions/live-capture/java/nu/marginalia/livecapture/LiveCaptureGrpcService.java b/code/functions/live-capture/java/nu/marginalia/livecapture/LiveCaptureGrpcService.java
index 0b4ee756..66b2dc9c 100644
--- a/code/functions/live-capture/java/nu/marginalia/livecapture/LiveCaptureGrpcService.java
+++ b/code/functions/live-capture/java/nu/marginalia/livecapture/LiveCaptureGrpcService.java
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ public class LiveCaptureGrpcService
                 byte[] pngBytes = client.screenshot(domain.toRootUrlHttps().toString(),
                         BrowserlessClient.GotoOptions.defaultValues(),
                         BrowserlessClient.ScreenshotOptions.defaultValues());
-                ScreenshotDbOperations.uploadScreenshot(conn, domain, pngBytes);
+                if (pngBytes.length > 0) {
+                    ScreenshotDbOperations.uploadScreenshot(conn, domain, pngBytes);
+                }
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 ScreenshotDbOperations.flagDomainAsFetched(conn, domain);
             }