diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 045b89c5..98edecc6 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -4825,7 +4825,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
                     break
             if og_fn:
                 ext = og_fn.split(".")[-1].lower()
-                if ext in self.thumbcli.thumbable:
+                if self.thumbcli and ext in self.thumbcli.thumbable:
                     is_pic = (
                         ext in self.thumbcli.fmt_pil
                         or ext in self.thumbcli.fmt_vips
diff --git a/scripts/strip_hints/a.py b/scripts/strip_hints/a.py
index 0d699a36..146fe250 100644
--- a/scripts/strip_hints/a.py
+++ b/scripts/strip_hints/a.py
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ def uh(top):
 
 
 def uh1(fp):
+    try:
+        uh2(fp)
+    except:
+        print("failed to process", fp)
+        raise
+
+
+def uh2(fp):
     pr(".")
     cs = strip_file_to_string(fp, no_ast=True, to_empty=True)