diff --git a/OrigamiEngine/Plugins/CoreAudioDecoder.m b/OrigamiEngine/Plugins/CoreAudioDecoder.m
index e8fc6b2..c53c7a4 100644
--- a/OrigamiEngine/Plugins/CoreAudioDecoder.m
+++ b/OrigamiEngine/Plugins/CoreAudioDecoder.m
@@ -284,12 +284,16 @@ - (NSData *)imageDataFromID3Tag:(AudioFileID)audioFile {
             &id3TagSize);
 
     CFDictionaryRef id3Dict;
-    AudioFormatGetProperty(kAudioFormatProperty_ID3TagToDictionary,
+    int success = AudioFormatGetProperty(kAudioFormatProperty_ID3TagToDictionary,
             propertySize,
             rawID3Tag,
             &id3TagSize,
             &id3Dict);
 
+    if (success != noErr) {
+      return nil;
+    }
+
     NSDictionary *tagDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithDictionary:(NSDictionary *)id3Dict];
     free(rawID3Tag);
     CFRelease(id3Dict);