diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/render/terrainstorage.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/render/terrainstorage.cpp
index 41fe70c011..11a08faa6d 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/render/terrainstorage.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/render/terrainstorage.cpp
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ namespace CSVRender
                 return ltex;
         }
 
-        std::stringstream error;
-        error << "Can't find LandTexture " << index << " from plugin " << plugin;
-        throw std::runtime_error(error.str());
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     void TerrainStorage::getBounds(float &minX, float &maxX, float &minY, float &maxY)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/terrainstorage.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/terrainstorage.cpp
index 2808187a10..d2601361d0 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/terrainstorage.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/terrainstorage.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace MWRender
     {
         const MWWorld::ESMStore &esmStore =
             MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getStore();
-        return esmStore.get<ESM::LandTexture>().find(index, plugin);
+        return esmStore.get<ESM::LandTexture>().search(index, plugin);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/components/esmterrain/storage.cpp b/components/esmterrain/storage.cpp
index 26ef890bda..9df4d6890b 100644
--- a/components/esmterrain/storage.cpp
+++ b/components/esmterrain/storage.cpp
@@ -301,11 +301,17 @@ namespace ESMTerrain
 
     std::string Storage::getTextureName(UniqueTextureId id)
     {
+        static const std::string defaultTexture = "textures\\_land_default.dds";
         if (id.first == 0)
-            return "textures\\_land_default.dds"; // Not sure if the default texture really is hardcoded?
+            return defaultTexture; // Not sure if the default texture really is hardcoded?
 
         // NB: All vtex ids are +1 compared to the ltex ids
         const ESM::LandTexture* ltex = getLandTexture(id.first-1, id.second);
+        if (!ltex)
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Unable to find land texture index " << id.first-1 << " in plugin " << id.second << ", using default texture instead" << std::endl;
+            return defaultTexture;
+        }
 
         // this is needed due to MWs messed up texture handling
         std::string texture = Misc::ResourceHelpers::correctTexturePath(ltex->mTexture);