diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/mapfish/print/map/image/ImageLayer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/mapfish/print/map/image/ImageLayer.java
index f740066bf2..5b1aef4c9d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/mapfish/print/map/image/ImageLayer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/mapfish/print/map/image/ImageLayer.java
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ private BufferedImage fetchImage(
     final URI commonUri = new URI(this.params.getBaseUrl());
     final ClientHttpRequest request =
         clientHttpRequestFactory.createRequest(commonUri, HttpMethod.GET);
-    final boolean failOnError = this.params.failOnError;
     return fetchImage(request, transformer);
   }
 
diff --git a/examples/src/test/resources/examples/image_layer_test/expected_output/requestData-with-error.png b/examples/src/test/resources/examples/image_layer_test/expected_output/requestData-with-error.png
index 00524869f5..5fa6d1e1a0 100644
Binary files a/examples/src/test/resources/examples/image_layer_test/expected_output/requestData-with-error.png and b/examples/src/test/resources/examples/image_layer_test/expected_output/requestData-with-error.png differ