diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index e742b41..10b2ad3 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@ API base URL
 - favicon and page titles
 - rearrange buttons / header space - collapse on smaller screens
 
-- add / edit headers
-- custom headers - title etc
 - Loading Chessboard with suspense and spinner
 - toasts
 
 - Lichess login
-- stringUtils - downloadString - move it out of try / catch and let program use the try/catch
 
 - logger
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/hooks/useChessGame.ts b/src/hooks/useChessGame.ts
index 0b4b8c8..6db3c2d 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useChessGame.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useChessGame.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,17 @@ export const useChessGame = () => {
 	}, []);
 
 	const handleSavePgn = () => {
-		const pgnString = buildPgnString(gameState);
-		downloadString(pgnString, "game.pgn");
+		try {
+			const pgnString = buildPgnString(gameState);
+			downloadString(pgnString, "game.pgn");
+		} catch (error) {
+			// TODO logger
+			console.error(error);
+
+			toast.error("An error occurred while saving the PGN. Please try again.", {
+				toastId: "pgn-download-error",
+			});
+		}
 	};
 
 	const handleSavePdf = async () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/stringUtils.ts b/src/utils/stringUtils.ts
index b18dd30..8c1ba31 100644
--- a/src/utils/stringUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/stringUtils.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 export const downloadString = (string: string, filename: string) => {
-	try {
-		const element = document.createElement("a");
-		const file = new Blob([string], { type: "text/plain" });
+	const element = document.createElement("a");
+	const file = new Blob([string], { type: "text/plain" });
 
-		element.href = URL.createObjectURL(file);
-		element.download = filename;
-		document.body.appendChild(element);
-		element.click();
-	} catch (error) {
-		throw new Error("Failed to download file");
-	}
+	element.href = URL.createObjectURL(file);
+	element.download = filename;
+	document.body.appendChild(element);
+	element.click();
 };