diff --git a/lumbunglib/cloudcal.py b/lumbunglib/cloudcal.py
index 9b1d874..d3d482f 100644
--- a/lumbunglib/cloudcal.py
+++ b/lumbunglib/cloudcal.py
@@ -146,12 +146,13 @@ def create_event_post(post_dir, event):
         if not os.path.exists(local_image):
             # download preview image
             response = requests.get(img, stream=True)
-            with open(local_image, "wb") as img_file:
-                shutil.copyfileobj(response.raw, img_file)
-                print('Downloaded image for event "{}"'.format(event.name))
-            event_metadata["description"] = event_metadata["description"].replace(
-                img, "![]({})".format(img_name)
-            )
+            if response.status_code == 200:
+                with open(local_image, "wb") as img_file:
+                    shutil.copyfileobj(response.raw, img_file)
+                    print('Downloaded image for event "{}"'.format(event.name))
+                event_metadata["description"] = event_metadata["description"].replace(
+                    img, "![]({})".format(img_name)
+                )
         if img_name in existing_images:
             existing_images.remove(img_name)