diff --git a/ml_utils/ml_utils_cli/cli/apps/datasets.py b/ml_utils/ml_utils_cli/cli/apps/datasets.py
index b5e6fd69..f6dc6701 100644
--- a/ml_utils/ml_utils_cli/cli/apps/datasets.py
+++ b/ml_utils/ml_utils_cli/cli/apps/datasets.py
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ def export(
             "provided (typically, if the source is Label Studio)"
         ),
     ] = 0.8,
+    error_raise: Annotated[
+        bool,
+        typer.Option(
+            help="Raise an error if an image download fails, only for Ultralytics"
+        ),
+    ] = True,
 ):
     """Export Label Studio annotation, either to Hugging Face Datasets or
     local files (ultralytics format)."""
@@ -204,6 +210,7 @@ def export(
                 label_names_list,
                 typing.cast(int, project_id),
                 train_ratio=train_ratio,
+                error_raise=error_raise,
             )
 
     elif from_ == ExportSource.hf:
@@ -212,6 +219,7 @@ def export(
                 typing.cast(str, repo_id),
                 typing.cast(Path, output_dir),
                 download_images=download_images,
+                error_raise=error_raise,
             )
         else:
             raise typer.BadParameter("Unsupported export format")
diff --git a/ml_utils/ml_utils_cli/cli/export.py b/ml_utils/ml_utils_cli/cli/export.py
index 59afb269..abe0ee08 100644
--- a/ml_utils/ml_utils_cli/cli/export.py
+++ b/ml_utils/ml_utils_cli/cli/export.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def export_from_ls_to_ultralytics(
     category_names: list[str],
     project_id: int,
     train_ratio: float = 0.8,
+    error_raise: bool = True,
 ):
     """Export annotations from a Label Studio project to the Ultralytics
     format.
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ def export_from_ls_to_ultralytics(
                     has_valid_annotation = True
 
         if has_valid_annotation:
-            download_output = download_image(image_url, return_bytes=True)
+            download_output = download_image(image_url, return_bytes=True, error_raise=error_raise)
             if download_output is None:
                 logger.error("Failed to download image: %s", image_url)
                 continue
@@ -182,7 +183,9 @@ def export_from_ls_to_ultralytics(
 
 
 def export_from_hf_to_ultralytics(
-    repo_id: str, output_dir: Path, download_images: bool = True
+        repo_id: str, output_dir: Path,
+        download_images: bool = True,
+        error_raise: bool = True,
 ):
     """Export annotations from a Hugging Face dataset project to the
     Ultralytics format.
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ def export_from_hf_to_ultralytics(
             image_url = sample["meta"]["image_url"]
 
             if download_images:
-                download_output = download_image(image_url, return_bytes=True)
+                download_output = download_image(image_url, return_bytes=True, error_raise=error_raise)
                 if download_output is None:
                     logger.error("Failed to download image: %s", image_url)
                     continue