diff --git a/HMCL/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/game/LauncherHelper.java b/HMCL/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/game/LauncherHelper.java
index 9970882c4..60360ea32 100644
--- a/HMCL/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/game/LauncherHelper.java
+++ b/HMCL/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/game/LauncherHelper.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.jackhuang.hmcl.auth.AuthenticationException;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.auth.CredentialExpiredException;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.download.DefaultDependencyManager;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.download.MaintainTask;
+import org.jackhuang.hmcl.download.game.GameAssetIndexDownloadTask;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.download.game.LibraryDownloadException;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.launch.NotDecompressingNativesException;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.launch.PermissionException;
@@ -239,6 +240,8 @@ public final class LauncherHelper {
                                     message = i18n("launch.failed.decompressing_natives") + ex.getLocalizedMessage();
                                 } else if (ex instanceof LibraryDownloadException) {
                                     message = i18n("launch.failed.download_library", ((LibraryDownloadException) ex).getLibrary().getName()) + "\n" + StringUtils.getStackTrace(ex.getCause());
+                                } else if (ex instanceof GameAssetIndexDownloadTask.GameAssetIndexMalformedException) {
+                                    message = i18n("assets.index.malformed");
                                 } else {
                                     message = StringUtils.getStackTrace(ex);
                                 }
diff --git a/HMCLCore/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/download/game/GameAssetDownloadTask.java b/HMCLCore/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/download/game/GameAssetDownloadTask.java
index 009228d18..413394bf6 100644
--- a/HMCLCore/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/download/game/GameAssetDownloadTask.java
+++ b/HMCLCore/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/download/game/GameAssetDownloadTask.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.jackhuang.hmcl.download.game;
 
+import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.download.AbstractDependencyManager;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.game.AssetIndex;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.game.AssetIndexInfo;
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ public final class GameAssetDownloadTask extends Task<Void> {
     private final File assetIndexFile;
     private final List<Task<?>> dependents = new LinkedList<>();
     private final List<Task<?>> dependencies = new LinkedList<>();
+    private AssetIndex index;
+    private boolean retry = false;
 
     /**
      * Constructor.
@@ -72,10 +75,32 @@ public final class GameAssetDownloadTask extends Task<Void> {
     public Collection<Task<?>> getDependencies() {
         return dependencies;
     }
-    
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean doPreExecute() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void preExecute() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            index = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(FileUtils.readText(assetIndexFile), AssetIndex.class);
+        } catch (JsonSyntaxException e) {
+            dependents.add(new GameAssetIndexDownloadTask(dependencyManager, this.version));
+            retry = true;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void execute() throws Exception {
-        AssetIndex index = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(FileUtils.readText(assetIndexFile), AssetIndex.class);
+        if (retry) {
+            try {
+                index = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(FileUtils.readText(assetIndexFile), AssetIndex.class);
+            } catch (JsonSyntaxException e) {
+                throw new GameAssetIndexDownloadTask.GameAssetIndexMalformedException();
+            }
+        }
+
         int progress = 0;
         if (index != null)
             for (AssetObject assetObject : index.getObjects().values()) {
diff --git a/HMCLCore/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/download/game/GameAssetIndexDownloadTask.java b/HMCLCore/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/download/game/GameAssetIndexDownloadTask.java
index ce78a9fbb..c8226acc5 100644
--- a/HMCLCore/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/download/game/GameAssetIndexDownloadTask.java
+++ b/HMCLCore/src/main/java/org/jackhuang/hmcl/download/game/GameAssetIndexDownloadTask.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.jackhuang.hmcl.task.Task;
 import org.jackhuang.hmcl.util.io.NetworkUtils;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -69,4 +70,7 @@ public final class GameAssetIndexDownloadTask extends Task<Void> {
         ).setCacheRepository(dependencyManager.getCacheRepository()));
     }
 
+
+    public static class GameAssetIndexMalformedException extends IOException {
+    }
 }