diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/download/Downloader.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/download/Downloader.kt
index fc18b9f27a..f8ebc535da 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/download/Downloader.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/download/Downloader.kt
@@ -392,7 +392,10 @@ class Downloader(
         return pageObservable
             // When the page is ready, set page path, progress (just in case) and status
             .doOnNext { file ->
-                splitTallImageIfNeeded(page, tmpDir)
+                val success = splitTallImageIfNeeded(page, tmpDir)
+                if (success.not()) {
+                    notifier.onError(context.getString(R.string.download_notifier_split_failed), download.chapter.name, download.manga.title)
+                }
                 page.uri = file.uri
                 page.progress = 100
                 download.downloadedImages++
@@ -477,8 +480,8 @@ class Downloader(
         return MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getExtensionFromMimeType(mime) ?: "jpg"
     }
 
-    private fun splitTallImageIfNeeded(page: Page, tmpDir: UniFile) {
-        if (!preferences.splitTallImages().get()) return
+    private fun splitTallImageIfNeeded(page: Page, tmpDir: UniFile): Boolean {
+        if (!preferences.splitTallImages().get()) return true
 
         val filename = String.format("%03d", page.number)
         val imageFile = tmpDir.listFiles()?.find { it.name!!.startsWith(filename) }
@@ -487,8 +490,9 @@ class Downloader(
             ?: throw Error(context.getString(R.string.download_notifier_split_page_path_not_found, page.number))
 
         // check if the original page was previously splitted before then skip.
-        if (imageFile.name!!.contains("__")) return
-        ImageUtil.splitTallImage(imageFile, imageFilePath)
+        if (imageFile.name!!.contains("__")) return true
+
+        return ImageUtil.splitTallImage(imageFile, imageFilePath)
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/browse/source/SourceFilterPresenter.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/browse/source/SourceFilterPresenter.kt
index dfe1b26f47..e4bec09951 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/browse/source/SourceFilterPresenter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/browse/source/SourceFilterPresenter.kt
@@ -33,15 +33,12 @@ class SourceFilterPresenter(
                 .catch { exception ->
                     _state.value = SourceFilterState.Error(exception)
                 }
-                .collectLatest { sourceLangMap ->
-                    val uiModels = sourceLangMap.toFilterUiModels()
-                    _state.value = SourceFilterState.Success(uiModels)
-                }
+                .collectLatest(::collectLatestSourceLangMap)
         }
     }
 
-    private fun Map<String, List<Source>>.toFilterUiModels(): List<FilterUiModel> {
-        return this.flatMap {
+    private fun collectLatestSourceLangMap(sourceLangMap: Map<String, List<Source>>) {
+        val uiModels = sourceLangMap.flatMap {
             val isLangEnabled = it.key in preferences.enabledLanguages().get()
             val header = listOf(FilterUiModel.Header(it.key, isLangEnabled))
 
@@ -53,6 +50,7 @@ class SourceFilterPresenter(
                 )
             }
         }
+        _state.value = SourceFilterState.Success(uiModels)
     }
 
     fun toggleSource(source: Source) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/util/system/ImageUtil.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/util/system/ImageUtil.kt
index c3d91e25fc..1844475127 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/util/system/ImageUtil.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/util/system/ImageUtil.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import androidx.core.graphics.createBitmap
 import androidx.core.graphics.green
 import androidx.core.graphics.red
 import com.hippo.unifile.UniFile
+import logcat.LogPriority
 import tachiyomi.decoder.Format
 import tachiyomi.decoder.ImageDecoder
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ object ImageUtil {
      *
      * @return true if the height:width ratio is greater than 3.
      */
-    fun isTallImage(imageStream: InputStream): Boolean {
+    private fun isTallImage(imageStream: InputStream): Boolean {
         val options = extractImageOptions(imageStream, false)
         return (options.outHeight / options.outWidth) > 3
     }
@@ -190,9 +191,9 @@ object ImageUtil {
     /**
      * Splits tall images to improve performance of reader
      */
-    fun splitTallImage(imageFile: UniFile, imageFilePath: String) {
+    fun splitTallImage(imageFile: UniFile, imageFilePath: String): Boolean {
         if (isAnimatedAndSupported(imageFile.openInputStream()) || !isTallImage(imageFile.openInputStream())) {
-            return
+            return true
         }
 
         val options = extractImageOptions(imageFile.openInputStream(), false).apply { inJustDecodeBounds = false }
@@ -213,6 +214,11 @@ object ImageUtil {
             BitmapRegionDecoder.newInstance(imageFile.openInputStream(), false)
         }
 
+        if (bitmapRegionDecoder == null) {
+            logcat { "Failed to create new instance of BitmapRegionDecoder" }
+            return false
+        }
+
         try {
             (0 until partCount).forEach { splitIndex ->
                 val splitPath = imageFilePath.substringBeforeLast(".") + "__${"%03d".format(splitIndex + 1)}.jpg"
@@ -225,19 +231,21 @@ object ImageUtil {
                 val region = Rect(0, topOffset, imageWidth, bottomOffset)
 
                 FileOutputStream(splitPath).use { outputStream ->
-                    val splitBitmap = bitmapRegionDecoder!!.decodeRegion(region, options)
+                    val splitBitmap = bitmapRegionDecoder.decodeRegion(region, options)
                     splitBitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, outputStream)
                 }
             }
             imageFile.delete()
+            return true
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             // Image splits were not successfully saved so delete them and keep the original image
             (0 until partCount)
-                .map { imageFile.filePath!!.substringBeforeLast(".") + "__${"%03d".format(it + 1)}.jpg" }
+                .map { imageFilePath.substringBeforeLast(".") + "__${"%03d".format(it + 1)}.jpg" }
                 .forEach { File(it).delete() }
-            throw e
+            logcat(LogPriority.ERROR, e)
+            return false
         } finally {
-            bitmapRegionDecoder?.recycle()
+            bitmapRegionDecoder.recycle()
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 0c1bbed882..ef43e434f8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@
     <string name="download_notifier_download_finish">Download completed</string>
     <string name="download_notifier_split_page_not_found">Page %d not found while splitting</string>
     <string name="download_notifier_split_page_path_not_found">Couldn\'t find file path of page %d</string>
+    <string name="download_notifier_split_failed">Couldn\'t split downloaded image</string>
 
     <!-- Notification channels -->
     <string name="channel_common">Common</string>