diff --git a/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md b/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
index 27cbb7d42c07aeb949315a00dd709f6da5bedf37..abfaa5ab7964d5cdf92ebe0ccb19f3366475e662 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## Changes with pybis-1.10.3
+
+* print warning message when downloaded file-size does not match with promised file-size. Do not die.
+
 ## Changes with pybis-1.10.2
 
 * typo bugfix
diff --git a/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py b/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py
index 4eea0a84fdadaa16aa2e12fe94dc81ded8613a08..2d588f6a74cf8efc6015fd6d00e51ce3843c9b8f 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py
+++ b/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = 'pybis'
 __author__ = 'Swen Vermeul'
 __email__ = 'swen@ethz.ch'
-__version__ = '1.10.2'
+__version__ = '1.10.3'
 
 from . import pybis
 from .pybis import Openbis
diff --git a/pybis/src/python/pybis/dataset.py b/pybis/src/python/pybis/dataset.py
index ef6002322fa17ef09104cdebd70efee3a0c18662..fa99d564e6a6b736ea90f7099abab1c95b0c62ad 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/pybis/dataset.py
+++ b/pybis/src/python/pybis/dataset.py
@@ -776,11 +776,16 @@ class DataSetDownloadQueue():
                         if chunk:  # filter out keep-alive new chunks
                             f.write(chunk)
 
-                if os.path.getsize(filename_dest) != int(file_size):
+                actual_file_size = os.path.getsize(filename_dest)
+                if actual_file_size != int(file_size):
                     if self.collect_files_with_wrong_length:
                         self.files_with_wrong_length.append(filename)
                     else:
-                        raise ValueError("File has the wrong length: {}".format(filename_dest))
+                        print (
+                            "WARNING! File {} has the wrong length: Expected: {} Actual size: {}".format(
+                                filename_dest, int(file_size), actual_file_size)
+                        )
+
             finally:
                 self.download_queue.task_done()
 
diff --git a/pybis/src/python/setup.py b/pybis/src/python/setup.py
index b54537442f34c20e2960f837185e28c8e85910e2..a6507d023c035f02cbacc67a380f291980077d3b 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/setup.py
+++ b/pybis/src/python/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
 
 setup(
     name='PyBIS',
-    version= '1.10.2',
+    version= '1.10.3',
     author='Swen Vermeul • ID SIS • ETH Zürich',
     author_email='swen@ethz.ch',
     description='openBIS connection and interaction, optimized for using with Jupyter',