diff --git a/src/skip.c b/src/skip.c
index cf3a738..37d972e 100644
--- a/src/skip.c
+++ b/src/skip.c
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ struct sw_skip *sw_skip_load(char *filename) {
 
 	fread(magic, 1, 4, fil);
 	if(strcmp("SWZP", magic) != 0) {
-		sw_error("not a .skip file");
+		sw_log("not a .skip file");
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	fread(&version, 1, 1, fil);