diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea1ac02f..485f1130 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 - Fixed data export with a mod using shorthand notation for the default value of a color-setting causing the ModPack data to be set to invalid data.
 - Fixed per user per instance player stats not being deleted when the instance it's for is deleted.
 - Fixed mods setting the item prototype icons property to an object mapping instead of an array breaking the data export.
+- Fixed a bad mod in the host's mods folder causing instance start to fail instead of the host re-downloading the mod.
 
 
 ## Version 2.0.0-alpha.16
diff --git a/packages/host/src/Host.ts b/packages/host/src/Host.ts
index c2fc5d67..75e80ffa 100644
--- a/packages/host/src/Host.ts
+++ b/packages/host/src/Host.ts
@@ -600,8 +600,9 @@ export default class Host extends lib.Link {
 		try {
 			modInfo = await this.modStore.loadMod(mod.name, mod.version);
 		} catch (err: any) {
+			// A broken zip file may have been left in the mods folder
 			if (err.code !== "ENOENT") {
-				throw err;
+				logger.error(`Error loading mod ${mod.name} ${mod.version}: ${err.message}`);
 			}
 		}
 		if (modInfo && (!mod.sha1 || mod.sha1 === modInfo.sha1)) {