diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/ChapterLoader.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/ChapterLoader.kt
index 960c7aa87..d53bcd4b1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/ChapterLoader.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/loader/ChapterLoader.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.download.DownloadProvider
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.Source
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.online.HttpSource
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.ui.reader.model.ReaderChapter
+import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.dump.UnsupportedCompressionAlgorithmException
 import tachiyomi.core.i18n.stringResource
 import tachiyomi.core.storage.UniFileTempFileManager
 import tachiyomi.core.util.lang.withIOContext
@@ -98,7 +99,11 @@ class ChapterLoader(
                 when (format) {
                     is Format.Directory -> DirectoryPageLoader(format.file)
                     is Format.Zip -> ZipPageLoader(tempFileManager.createTempFile(format.file))
-                    is Format.SevenZip -> SevenZipPageLoader(tempFileManager.createTempFile(format.file))
+                    is Format.SevenZip -> try {
+                        SevenZipPageLoader(tempFileManager.createTempFile(format.file))
+                    } catch (e: UnsupportedCompressionAlgorithmException) {
+                        error(context.stringResource(MR.strings.loader_ppmd_error))
+                    }
                     is Format.Rar -> try {
                         RarPageLoader(tempFileManager.createTempFile(format.file))
                     } catch (e: UnsupportedRarV5Exception) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/util/storage/SevenZUtil.kt b/core/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/util/storage/SevenZUtil.kt
index bc30d59a4..6e5d55ef2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/util/storage/SevenZUtil.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/util/storage/SevenZUtil.kt
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.util.storage
 
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.util.lang.compareToCaseInsensitiveNaturalOrder
+import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.dump.UnsupportedCompressionAlgorithmException
 import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.sevenz.SevenZFile
 import tachiyomi.core.util.system.ImageUtil
+import java.io.IOException
 import java.io.InputStream
 
 object SevenZUtil {
     fun SevenZFile.getImages(): Sequence<ByteArray> {
-        return generateSequence { runCatching { getNextEntry() }.getOrNull() }
-            .filter { !it.isDirectory && ImageUtil.isImage(it.name) { getInputStream(it) } }
+        return generateSequence {
+            try {
+                getNextEntry()
+            } catch (e: IOException) {
+                throw UnsupportedCompressionAlgorithmException()
+            }
+        }.filter { !it.isDirectory && ImageUtil.isImage(it.name) { getInputStream(it) } }
             .sortedWith { f1, f2 -> f1.name.compareToCaseInsensitiveNaturalOrder(f2.name) }
             .map(::getInputStream)
             .map { it.use(InputStream::readBytes) } // ByteArray
diff --git a/i18n/src/commonMain/resources/MR/base/strings.xml b/i18n/src/commonMain/resources/MR/base/strings.xml
index 5214e41a8..155340fb1 100644
--- a/i18n/src/commonMain/resources/MR/base/strings.xml
+++ b/i18n/src/commonMain/resources/MR/base/strings.xml
@@ -776,6 +776,7 @@
     <string name="page_list_empty_error">No pages found</string>
     <string name="loader_not_implemented_error">Source not found</string>
     <string name="loader_rar5_error">RARv5 format is not supported</string>
+    <string name="loader_ppmd_error">PPMd compression is not supported</string>
 
     <!-- Updates -->
     <string name="updating_library">Updating library</string>