BlenderKit: don't search for thumbnail when uploading only metadata

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/blenderkit/upload.py b/blenderkit/upload.py
index 31585a4f..ee4df45b 100644
--- a/blenderkit/upload.py
+++ b/blenderkit/upload.py
@@ -599,11 +599,11 @@ def start_upload(self, context, asset_type, as_new, metadata_only):
     datafile = os.path.join(tempdir, BLENDERKIT_EXPORT_DATA_FILE)
 
     # check if thumbnail exists:
-
-    if not os.path.exists(export_data["thumbnail_path"]):
-        props.upload_state = 'Thumbnail not found'
-        props.uploading = False
-        return {'CANCELLED'}
+    if not metadata_only:
+        if not os.path.exists(export_data["thumbnail_path"]):
+            props.upload_state = 'Thumbnail not found'
+            props.uploading = False
+            return {'CANCELLED'}
 
     # first upload metadata to server, so it can be saved inside the current file
     url = paths.get_api_url() + 'assets/'