From 30bcd2ab8f2615758e03700d2bceea31c3ebd8f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 21:23:25 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 src/pyj/book_list/views.pyj | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pyj/book_list/views.pyj b/src/pyj/book_list/views.pyj
index df5eca60cc..b44a4f5677 100644
--- a/src/pyj/book_list/views.pyj
+++ b/src/pyj/book_list/views.pyj
@@ -161,11 +161,13 @@ class BooksView:
         cover_url = str.format('get/thumb/{}/{}?sz={}x{}', book_id, self.interface_data['library_id'], THUMBNAIL_MAX_WIDTH, THUMBNAIL_MAX_HEIGHT)
         metadata = self.interface_data['metadata'][book_id]
         alt = str.format(_('{} by {}'), metadata['title'], metadata['authors'].join(' & '))
-        img = E.img(alt=alt, title=alt, data_title=metadata['title'], data_authors=metadata['authors'].join(' & '),
+        img = E.img(src=cover_url, alt=alt, title=alt, data_title=metadata['title'], data_authors=metadata['authors'].join(' & '),
                 style='max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; display: block; width:auto; height:auto')
         img.onerror = def(err):
             img = err.target
             div = img.parentNode
+            if not div:
+                return
             clear(div)
             div.appendChild(E.div(
                 style='position:relative; top:-50%; transform: translateY(50%)',
@@ -175,7 +177,6 @@ class BooksView:
             ))
             set_css(div, border='dashed 1px currentColor', border_radius='10px')
 
-        img.setAttribute('src', cover_url)
         return E.div(
             style=str.format(('margin: 10px; display: flex; align-content: flex-end; align-items: flex-end; justify-content: space-around;'
                               'width: 21vw; height: 28vw; max-width: {}px; max-height: {}px; min-width: {}px; min-height: {}px; cursor:pointer'),