diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/pickerscreens/GitHub.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/pickerscreens/GitHub.kt
index fd8ebdbd03..db95f2274b 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/pickerscreens/GitHub.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/pickerscreens/GitHub.kt
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ object Github {
             val byteArray = file.readBytes()
             val buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(byteArray.size).put(byteArray).position(0)
             return Pixmap(buffer)
-        } catch (ex: Exception) {
+        } catch (_: Throwable) {
             return null
         }
     }