diff --git a/wled00/data/index.js b/wled00/data/index.js
index 93ad3f13..19fe8cbd 100644
--- a/wled00/data/index.js
+++ b/wled00/data/index.js
@@ -184,18 +184,26 @@ function loadBg(iUrl)
 	});
 }
 
-function loadSkinCSS(cId)
-{
+function loadSkinCSS(cId) {
 	if (!gId(cId))	// check if element exists
+	//This is called by if (cfg.comp.css) loadSkinCSS('skinCss'); but ideally this should return false if the file does not exist. Needs checking on the server side.
 	{
-		var h  = d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
-		var l  = d.createElement('link');
-		l.id   = cId;
-		l.rel  = 'stylesheet';
-		l.type = 'text/css';
-		l.href = (loc?`http://${locip}`:'.') + '/skin.css';
-		l.media = 'all';
-		h.appendChild(l);
+		var url = (loc?`http://${locip}`:'.') + '/skin.css';
+		fetch(url)
+		.then(response => {
+			if (response.ok) {
+				var h  = d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
+				var l  = d.createElement('link');
+				l.id   = cId;
+				l.rel  = 'stylesheet';
+				l.type = 'text/css';
+				l.href = url;
+				l.media = 'all';
+				h.appendChild(l);
+			} else {
+				console.log('CSS file not found. You can disable CSS file usage in settings to remove this message.');
+			}
+		})
 	}
 }