diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/NeuralNetworkModelManager.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/NeuralNetworkModelManager.java
index 9180c6363a..b1df50fa44 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/NeuralNetworkModelManager.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/NeuralNetworkModelManager.java
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ private void loadModel(Path path) {
                 ConfigManager.getInstance().getConfig().neuralNetworkPropertyManager().getModel(path);
 
         if (properties == null) {
-            logger.error(
+            logger.warn(
                     "Model properties are null. This could mean the config for model "
                             + path
                             + " was unable to be found in the database. Trying legacy...");
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ private void loadModel(Path path) {
                         .addModelProperties(properties);
             } catch (IllegalArgumentException | IOException e) {
                 logger.error("Failed to translate legacy model filename to properties: " + path, e);
+                return;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/test-resources/old_configs/2025.3.1-old-nnmm/models/iCauseProblems.rknn b/test-resources/old_configs/2025.3.1-old-nnmm/models/iCauseProblems.rknn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test-resources/old_configs/2025.3.1-old-nnmm/models/iCauseProblems.tflite b/test-resources/old_configs/2025.3.1-old-nnmm/models/iCauseProblems.tflite
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2