diff --git a/ultralytics/engine/exporter.py b/ultralytics/engine/exporter.py
index 1b95d76a..be750a3a 100644
--- a/ultralytics/engine/exporter.py
+++ b/ultralytics/engine/exporter.py
@@ -529,12 +529,12 @@ class Exporter:
                 f"or in {ROOT}. See PNNX repo for full installation instructions."
             )
             system = "macos" if MACOS else "windows" if WINDOWS else "linux-aarch64" if ARM64 else "linux"
-            _, assets = get_github_assets(repo="pnnx/pnnx", retry=True)
-            if assets:
+            try:
+                _, assets = get_github_assets(repo="pnnx/pnnx", retry=True)
                 url = [x for x in assets if f"{system}.zip" in x][0]
-            else:
+            except Exception as e:
                 url = f"https://github.com/pnnx/pnnx/releases/download/20240226/pnnx-20240226-{system}.zip"
-                LOGGER.warning(f"{prefix} WARNING ⚠️ PNNX GitHub assets not found, using default {url}")
+                LOGGER.warning(f"{prefix} WARNING ⚠️ PNNX GitHub assets not found: {e}, using default {url}")
             asset = attempt_download_asset(url, repo="pnnx/pnnx", release="latest")
             if check_is_path_safe(Path.cwd(), asset):  # avoid path traversal security vulnerability
                 unzip_dir = Path(asset).with_suffix("")