diff --git a/experiments/ssl4eo/download_ssl4eo.py b/experiments/ssl4eo/download_ssl4eo.py
index ae312e63aca..7389dbf24f0 100755
--- a/experiments/ssl4eo/download_ssl4eo.py
+++ b/experiments/ssl4eo/download_ssl4eo.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 import time
+import warnings
 from collections import defaultdict
 from datetime import date, timedelta
 from multiprocessing.dummy import Lock, Pool
@@ -473,9 +474,15 @@ def update(self, delta: int = 1) -> int:
     counter = Counter()
 
     def worker(idx: int) -> None:
+        # Skip if idx has already been downloaded
         if idx in ext_coords.keys():
             return
 
+        # Skip if idx is not in pre-sampled coordinates
+        if idx not in match_coords.keys():
+            warnings.warn(f"{idx} not found in {args.match_file}, skipping.")
+            return
+
         worker_start = time.time()
         patches, center_coord = get_random_patches_match(
             idx,