diff --git a/examples/llava/clip.cpp b/examples/llava/clip.cpp
index 41b81196d..1f3a4ce02 100644
--- a/examples/llava/clip.cpp
+++ b/examples/llava/clip.cpp
@@ -1285,6 +1285,7 @@ struct clip_ctx * clip_model_load(const char * fname, const int verbosity = 1) {
             }
         } catch (const std::exception& e) {
             LOG_TEE("Error while loading hyperparameters: %s\n", e.what());
+            return false;
         }
         
         try {