diff --git a/app/src/main/cpp/hdrplus2/src/HDRPlus.cpp b/app/src/main/cpp/hdrplus2/src/HDRPlus.cpp
index 3c979399..05096ebd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/cpp/hdrplus2/src/HDRPlus.cpp
+++ b/app/src/main/cpp/hdrplus2/src/HDRPlus.cpp
@@ -50,9 +50,12 @@ public:
 
         Halide::Runtime::Buffer<uint16_t> imgs = burst.ToBuffer();
         if (imgs.dimensions() != 3 || imgs.extent(2) < 2) {
+            return output_img;
+#if 0
             throw std::invalid_argument(
                     "The input of HDRPlus must be a 3-dimensional buffer with at least "
                     "two channels.");
+#endif
         }
 
         const int cfa_pattern = static_cast<int>(burst.GetCfaPattern());
diff --git a/app/src/main/cpp/hdrplus2/src/InputSource.cpp b/app/src/main/cpp/hdrplus2/src/InputSource.cpp
index cf82118d..2910a485 100644
--- a/app/src/main/cpp/hdrplus2/src/InputSource.cpp
+++ b/app/src/main/cpp/hdrplus2/src/InputSource.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ CfaPattern RawImage::GetCfaPattern() const {
   } else if (cfa_pattern == std::string{1, 2, 0, 1}) {
     return CfaPattern::CFA_GBRG;
   }
+#if 0
   throw std::invalid_argument("Unsupported CFA pattern: " + cfa_pattern);
+#endif
   return CfaPattern::CFA_UNKNOWN;
 }