diff --git a/wled00/presets.cpp b/wled00/presets.cpp
index 20edfd91e..04474113d 100644
--- a/wled00/presets.cpp
+++ b/wled00/presets.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ void applyPresetWithFallback(uint8_t index, uint8_t callMode, uint8_t effectID,
 
 void handlePresets()
 {
+  byte presetErrFlag = ERR_NONE;
   if (presetToSave) {
     strip.suspend();
     doSaveState();
@@ -166,14 +167,16 @@ void handlePresets()
   #ifdef ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32
   if (tmpPreset==255 && tmpRAMbuffer!=nullptr) {
     deserializeJson(*pDoc,tmpRAMbuffer);
-    errorFlag = ERR_NONE;
   } else
   #endif
   {
-  errorFlag = readObjectFromFileUsingId(getPresetsFileName(tmpPreset < 255), tmpPreset, pDoc) ? ERR_NONE : ERR_FS_PLOAD;
+  presetErrFlag = readObjectFromFileUsingId(getPresetsFileName(tmpPreset < 255), tmpPreset, pDoc) ? ERR_NONE : ERR_FS_PLOAD;
   }
   fdo = pDoc->as<JsonObject>();
 
+  // only reset errorflag if previous error was preset-related
+  if ((errorFlag == ERR_NONE) || (errorFlag == ERR_FS_PLOAD)) errorFlag = presetErrFlag;
+
   //HTTP API commands
   const char* httpwin = fdo["win"];
   if (httpwin) {