diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/activities/SlideMediaActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/activities/SlideMediaActivity.java
index 4d6c90d13..1cce38f2e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/activities/SlideMediaActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/activities/SlideMediaActivity.java
@@ -302,7 +302,13 @@ public class SlideMediaActivity extends BaseActivity implements OnDownloadInterf
                 }
                 break;
         }
-      return super.dispatchTouchEvent(event);
+        try {
+            return super.dispatchTouchEvent(event);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+            ex.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return false;
+
     }
 
     public void togglePlaying(View v) {