diff --git a/src/assets.ts b/src/assets.ts
index beda4dfc..5c0fd060 100644
--- a/src/assets.ts
+++ b/src/assets.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ export function setupPublicAssetStrategy(options: ModuleOptions['assets'] = {})
           let encoding
           let size = 0
           res = await fetch(url).then((r) => {
+            if (!r.ok) {
+              throw new Error(`@nuxt/scripts - Failed to download script: ${url}. ${r.statusText} (${r.status})`)
+            }
             encoding = r.headers.get('content-encoding')
             const contentLength = r.headers.get('content-length')
             size = contentLength ? Number(contentLength) / 1024 : 0